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      Southern Progress Reviews

      3.7

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (16 total reviews)

      Laura Lang

      53% approve of CEO

      Ratings by category

      5.0

      Diversity and inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Culture and values

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Senior management

      Southern Progress has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Southern Progress employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.9 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      16 reviews
      4.0
      Feb 17, 2011

      I know the company has changed a lot but I found this a warm place with great people

      Senior editor
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      Pros

      ---great work/life balance encouraged ---excellent benefits ---Birmingham is an easy place to live ---compensation is on par with other top publishers

      Cons

      ---the company is now a satellite of Time Inc. with little autonomy ---it feels like a ghost town with empty shuttered buildings ---there is always the threat of the rug being pulled out from under

      4.0
      Jun 1, 2010

      It was great... while it lasted.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The people who have worked there over three years are fantastic- very helpful, thoughtful and witty. The grounds, before they laided off the entire grounds crew were beautiful. Now they are "maintained" and other vestiges of the good times remain, like the walking path and the amazing art collection. There is a lot of prestige in working there. It can be a boot camp for the rest of the publishing industry.

      Cons

      Fear, dread and ill will toward New York management. Before the top brass, who were excellent people, were laid off and New York cut 30% of the staff during the "6% of Time, Inc. will be laid off" in 2008 and again 20% more cut in 2009. It was great, it was happy, productive, and making tons of money. However, now the level of morale is insanely low. All publications are created on a formula, with limited creativity and cliche "southern-isms".

      4.0
      Feb 15, 2009

      Once you get here, it's tough to get out.

      Editor
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      Pros

      2008 was a bad year for Southern Progress with magazines shuttered, over 200 staff laid off and the evisceration of the entire upper management. All this was implemented by Time Inc. of which SP is a subsidiary. Yet, even as the company continues to undergo these massive internal changes, Southern Progress remains a good place to work. The city is lovely and livable, the climate of the company is warm and friendly, and the pay and benefits are very good.

      Cons

      It can be a bit of a black hole in the publishing world where jobs tend to stay in the NY family so to speak.

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