41 former WWE employees have published
reviews at the employment website
Glassdoor.com. WWE has an average rating of 3.5 out of 5, with 63% of reviews
saying they’d recommend the company to others as a place to work. WWE CEO Vince
McMahon has a 83% approval rating. Glassdoor verifies that all reviewers
actually worked for the companies they’re reviewing.
Here’s an example of
a positive review from a former editorial intern:
‘Great people
and meaningful work’
Pros – You get to write about something that is
exciting and fun. The people at the magazine are really cool and everybody was
genuinely interested in the product. The magazine people had good vacation
days.
Cons – The job can be demanding and you need to have a good
knowledge of Wrestling. It’s extremely hierarchical, advancement is
slow.
Advice to Senior Management – Reward talented people and be more
creative. Too often new ideas are shot down or forgotten.”
Yes, I would
recommend this company to a friend
And here’s an example of a
negative review from a former department director:
‘Great Brand,
lousy place to work!’
Pros – The good part of working at WWE is the
brand! Even if you’re not a Wrestling fan, you can’t help but be enthusiastic
about the engine that sells wrestling. The Community group does a great job
humanizing the organization with their efforts with the American Cancer Society
and Special Olympics. Most of the wrestlers are great people and treat everyone
respectfully and appreciative of the teams that support them!
Cons – The
corporate culture is horrible! The culture is one of blame and CYA. It is an
organization that claims that they want process and innovation when in reality
it is one that is driven by live TV/Network and can’t sustain a process driven
model of anything-whether it’s creative, development or financial. The digital
team doesn’t have enough experience and depth to bring any product to life
successfully -at least one that isn’t fraught with defects and significant
failures. The leadership team didn’t care about the individuals, only that they
produced and made them look good-certainly not about the team. I may have
learned a lot technologically but it wasn’t worth the 60 hour work weeks and
lack of support and appreciation for those efforts.
Advice to Senior
Management – Hire people that are open minded, not chauvinists. Hire leaders not
bosses and people that are interested in getting the job done and not blaming
others for mistakes-encourage some failures. If the Digital organization was run
the same way that Live Events were then the teams would be much happier and
productive.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I’m not
optimistic about the outlook for this company
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