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The Seattle Times

Is this your company?

All talk ... - Anonymous employee The Seattle Times Employee Review

2.0
Feb 11, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The newsroom staff is dedicated and works hard for little reward. Your time is flexible. No one is looking at your comings and goings as long as you get the job done.

Cons

Several POC left last year, and it wasn't because they all found better offers. The number of minorities in the newsroom wasn't that great to begin with, so to lose that many diminishes the coverage of already under-served and underrepresented cultures and communities. Management talks a good game. Do better. Layoff announcements tend to be during holiday time, and they're based on seniority outside of management and digital. Don't expect a pay raise or a lot of acknowledgement of your work.

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5.0
Apr 23, 2026
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Pros

Really good company full of people who care. This is a place where people celebrate decades of work -- largely, I suspect, because of how kind and helpful everyone is. Honestly, there are more than a handful of people who I know have been here for over 30 years. There's a reason people stay and it's obvious.

Cons

Antiquated decision making, slow to change, and not always very considerate of new ideas. Leaders can sometimes take awhile to come around, and the technology here is so bad. Our hybrid meetings are a joke - the helpdesk team doesn't care about their work and our work computers are absolutely terrible.

2.0
Dec 4, 2025
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Pros

There is a lot you can learn working for a newspaper / news website that also sells digital marketing to advertisers. Many co-workers are kind and thoughtful people.

Cons

Employees lack the tools and resources to do the job they have been asked to do. There is a culture of fear and top-down direction. Finance team sends punitive emails and copies several layers of managers instead of having more direct conversations. HR seems to be more interested in covering the company's butt than encouraging inclusion and continuous improvement.

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