Chicago Reader Reviews

3.8

49% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)

40% positive business outlook

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11 reviews
5.0
Jan 19, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone is really passionate and creative

Cons

Budgetary struggles as it is a nonprofit

2.0
Mar 21, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good health insurance, remote work

Cons

Poor communication, lack of institutional structure, under resourced, no transparency, limited growth opportunities, inequitable distribution of workloads

5.0
Feb 12, 2022

The Chicago Reader culture is rejuvenated under new leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Interesting work and room to grow Great culture, both journalistic and interpersonal Strong carng, leadership Have made good hires in the last years, Co workers are supportive and intelligent Always striving to do better at management and organization Phenomenal paper, the work is all Chicago, in depth, that's hard to find otherwise, which keeps everything interesting.

Cons

Nonprofit payscale Some (isolated) entrenched behaviors/ people

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