Is Financial Times a good company to work for?

Financial Times has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 980 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at Financial Times to a friend and 67% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Financial Times have been left by employees working as Reporter , Account Manager and Customer Success Manager .

Does Financial Times pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Financial Times employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Financial Times. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Financial Times?

80% of Financial Times employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Financial Times 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Financial Times?

Intern (22) , Reporter (22) , Software Engineer (19) , Journalist (18) , Project Manager (15) , Senior Software Engineer (14) , Account Manager (13) , Customer Success Manager (13) , Sales (12) , Customer Care Associate (11) , Account Director (9) , Internship (9) , Marketing Executive (9) , Product Manager (9) , Researcher (8)

What are the pros of working at Financial Times according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and atmoshpere." ((in 103 reviews)); "FT had a great culture" ((in 80 reviews)); "Company medical benefit is good" ((in 78 reviews)); "Great colleagues with calm/friendly/supportive personalities" ((in 58 reviews)); "flowing, and the location of the office is nice." ((in 22 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Financial Times according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary increase" ((in 47 reviews)); "No career progression because they would rather hire a new employee rather than promote a current existing one who met all the criteria for promotion." ((in 35 reviews)); "No escalation paths for poor management and for stress management" ((in 29 reviews)); "There were some annoying office politics." ((in 14 reviews)); "Also senior leadership could work on providing feedback in a more professional manner." ((in 12 reviews))

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Financial Times reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(812 total reviews)

Jon Slade

81% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.4

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

Financial Times has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 812 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Financial Times employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

812 reviews

1.0

Feb 6, 2021

FT Live: Awful, awful, awful and a culture of bullying!

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Incredible brand Excellent editorial and content

Cons

I wouldn’t wish my worst enemy a job at FT Live. They trade off the brand but the delivery is substandard at best. There is a culture of bullying, the leadership team are only interested in managing upwards and the rest of the business are completely disengaged. I would NEVER work for FT Live again even if they quadrupled my pay.

1.0

Feb 18, 2024

Good company overall, but watch out for FT Live

Events

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great company overall run well from the top

Cons

- divisive FT Live MD. Shouting and swearing in meetings, a tyrant and a bully. - Board level/HR either appears unaware of this or are covering it up - poor pay - unfair progression. Promotions given to people who haven't raised inconvenient questions or kissed the right behinds rather than people who have demonstrated talent - Too much credit taken for the recent successes of the department by too few senior people - several HR complaints about FT Live MD ignored

1.0

Feb 13, 2024

Manager from Hell

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good experience in the events industry Some nice team members

Cons

Unprofessional and micromanaging manager who was incredibly controlling and put me on probation citing poor performance without any evidence of such. I left the company as the bullying got to a level where I knew it was better for my health to leave. My manager within FT Live was probably the most unprofessional person I have ever had to work with - they had no idea about DEI and it definitely showed in the way they spoke to me.

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Jobs at Financial Times

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Event Manager, FT Live

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