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Great place to be taught in a nurturing atmosphere
Producer (Former Employee) – Sydney, NSW – 12 January 2016
I couldn't ask for a better place to work when just moved to Australia - News Corp is the place where you can pursue your dreams if you decided to dedicate yourself to media business. Career opportunities are enormous and people who work in News Corp definitely know what "Team" means.
Of course, everyone goes through their ups and downs but in News Corp even if you don't deliver your best performance, you will be supported and motivated to do your best next time.
Of course, everyone goes through their ups and downs but in News Corp even if you don't deliver your best performance, you will be supported and motivated to do your best next time.
Sales Based News Papper ads
Role Market Manager (Former Employee) – Sydney NSW – 3 December 2018
The company has high expectations of staff but don't provide any one hands incentives for managing the the decrease interest in reading the news papers, therefore the sales team loses money as customers leave the paper for online services.
Their sales goals aren't realistic and they keep moving their demands of a staff member to make them earn more money for a company that will soon be out of business people move to online forms of media and news consumption.
Their sales goals aren't realistic and they keep moving their demands of a staff member to make them earn more money for a company that will soon be out of business people move to online forms of media and news consumption.
Pros
free coffee and tea, good people working there
Cons
micromanagement / no team 'feel' unrealistic views of their future
A nice place to work
Sales Manager (Former Employee) – Sydney NSW – 7 November 2018
It's a nice place to work. Close to transport and has good amenities. People that worked at News for are down to earth mostly. Like most large organisations, certain management heads do tend to play favoritism, especially in the sales division.
Productive and safe work place
Electrical Technician (Former Employee) – Sydney NSW – 31 October 2018
- Flexible working hour if needed.
- Safety OH&S
- Approachable
- productive and continues improvement
- If the machines breakdown we have to quickly rectify the problem and put it back into operation as soon as possible.
- autonomous
- Safety OH&S
- Approachable
- productive and continues improvement
- If the machines breakdown we have to quickly rectify the problem and put it back into operation as soon as possible.
- autonomous
Pros
Gym on site
Cons
No canteen but there are vending machine on site
Productive
Senior Data Analyst (Current Employee) – Sydney Central Business District NSW – 20 September 2018
This is a very fast paced environment. Good working culture and well-established structure. The learning curve is deep but reasonable for such a big company.
NewsCorp Was wonderful place to work but unfortunately new advertising has made the paper irrelevant
Field Sales Account Manager (Former Employee) – Gold Coast – 10 September 2018
- Great people
- Great environment
- Hard product to sell with current advertising market
- Management kept moving the goal posts.
- got offered opportunities else where
- Great environment
- Hard product to sell with current advertising market
- Management kept moving the goal posts.
- got offered opportunities else where
Pros
Great People
Cons
Kept moving the targets
Good Company to work for
Assisting Facility Management (Former Employee) – Surry Hills NSW – 8 August 2018
Never had a problem working for News Limited, I worked there for 6 years and everyone was approachable and had time for a chat.
Maintaining the access control and safety of staff members was an important role for me.
Maintaining the access control and safety of staff members was an important role for me.
Pros
Free News
Cons
Long Night shifts
Good place to work.
Graphic Designer (Former Employee) – Townsville QLD – 1 August 2018
Newscorp is a good place to work. Made a lot of good friends and contacts there however with share prices falling at Newscorp in the last few years I was forced to take a redundancy in order for the company to stay competitive. This is no means a reflection of my work or ability nor integrity.
Pros
Free lunches, functions, corporate tickets. Food people.
Cons
Lack of advancement for artists.
A place with great potential but complexities of a large business such as this lacks agility in the digital business
Group Digital Manager (Current Employee) – Sydney NSW – 10 July 2018
-A typical work day is about 12 hours with supporting 21 sales people which includes both client meetings/strategy sessions with sales/ data deep dives for retention and inumerable internal management meetings.
- Have learnt to be clear, decisive and provide high direction as there are too many tasks. Choice management on time is critical tending towards higher ROI activity.
- Very good vision but clear lack of the "how"
- Good work culture
- No clear charter of KPI's and responsibilities within different departments which leads to buck passing in which the customer suffers the most.
- The potential of what News Corp has in resources to become market leaders
- Have learnt to be clear, decisive and provide high direction as there are too many tasks. Choice management on time is critical tending towards higher ROI activity.
- Very good vision but clear lack of the "how"
- Good work culture
- No clear charter of KPI's and responsibilities within different departments which leads to buck passing in which the customer suffers the most.
- The potential of what News Corp has in resources to become market leaders
Was good experience
Work Experience (Former Employee) – Surry Hills NSW – 18 May 2018
Lots of scanning documents, checking paperwork was scanned correctly.
I learned that payroll its terribly boring and I will not be pursuing a career in this industry.
Management was alright - because it was a temporary work experience, management was unorganised in what work id be undertaking, so I often had no work to do
All the people were nice, but it was a lot of older people
Hardest part was staring at a computer all day - great way to induce a headache
Most enjoyable part - lunch break
I learned that payroll its terribly boring and I will not be pursuing a career in this industry.
Management was alright - because it was a temporary work experience, management was unorganised in what work id be undertaking, so I often had no work to do
All the people were nice, but it was a lot of older people
Hardest part was staring at a computer all day - great way to induce a headache
Most enjoyable part - lunch break
Good place to work
GRAPHIC ARTIST (Former Employee) – Sydney NSW – 16 May 2018
Enjoyed working here but seems all the work is going overseas due to costs, but that seems to be the modern trend
I never got to do much digital work only doing the odd bit here and there, I was probably in the wrong department
I never got to do much digital work only doing the odd bit here and there, I was probably in the wrong department
Administration Assistant
Administration Assistant (Former Employee) – Melbourne VIC – 29 January 2018
While the job did not consist of much administration work, the job was mainly packing and organizing merchandise to be mailed. The job was very easy and didn't require much thought process. You could listen to music and keep your head down and get a lot done that way. Management lacked experience and was often too busy to direct us, therefore we had to improvise and take initiative way too often. Overall the job was easy and is nice for a few months to make some easy money. Would not recommend if looking for advancement within the company.
Rubbish company
Customer Service Representative (Current Employee) – Sydney NSW – 28 January 2018
Work was stressful, unfriendly staff, boring work, very high strung, not fun made everything tedious and lame. No friends everyone out for themselves and new guys are left to the wolves. Monthly pay is a rubbish old system that should of been abolished in the 70s
Pros
Nothin
Cons
Long hours, bad pay, unfriendly staff
Returns Officer
Newspaper Delivery Driver/Returns Officer (Current Employee) – Mile End S.A – 10 January 2018
Auditing newsagent returns.
Minimal management interaction.
Ensuring traffic movement through plant is safe.
Working at an even pace and ensuring accuracy.
Minimal management interaction.
Ensuring traffic movement through plant is safe.
Working at an even pace and ensuring accuracy.
Pros
Working un-supervised
Cons
Varying weather conditions
great culture a great place to learn about advertising both print and digitasl
Team Leader (Former Employee) – Melbourne VIC – 27 November 2017
I spent 23 years with News Corp and loved it- I loved the career progression and the opportunities that came my way. The coaching and development that was provided has stood me in good stead and would highly recommend it to any one wanting to purse a career i marketing and advertising.
Passionate team ensuring customers are provided with a great news service
Commercial Finance Manager - Marketing (Current Employee) – Sydney NSW – 24 November 2017
Preparing reports and analysis on weekly subscription performance to allow decision making across the marketing department. I learned a lot about how marketing works in a business to attract new customers.
Good team culture in the marketing department with team drinks and many social activities to boost engagement.
The most enjoyable part is the people and learning off peers. Having access to talented people across the business is also a plus.
Hardest part is the demanding budget and forecasting process that often requires longs hours to complete. Resources have been reduced making extra work for the remaining staff members.
Good team culture in the marketing department with team drinks and many social activities to boost engagement.
The most enjoyable part is the people and learning off peers. Having access to talented people across the business is also a plus.
Hardest part is the demanding budget and forecasting process that often requires longs hours to complete. Resources have been reduced making extra work for the remaining staff members.
Pros
Free newspapers
Cons
not enough work life balance
Unusual Culture
Leader News (Current Employee) – Blackburn VIC – 23 November 2017
High staff churn. Pressure to perform in tough industry.
Competition in all areas from both print and digital formats.
Latitude given as long as mistakes are not made and budgets met.
Competition in all areas from both print and digital formats.
Latitude given as long as mistakes are not made and budgets met.
Vox pops suck
Journalist (Former Employee) – Brisbane QLD – 16 November 2017
Being a junior journalist you get stuck doing all the soft and boring news and being sent out to do vox pops which are never conductive. Worked in a country town so the stories where never of interest to me.
Pros
Good pr events
Cons
Terrible pay
Great place to grow
Inbound Sales Consultant (Former Employee) – Melbourne VIC – 8 November 2017
Working for News will definitely test most people. The job is often varied and required apt problem solving. But what brought it together was the management and the culture. The people in Direct Sales Victoria often supported each other to such a degree that it made the job not only achievable but enjoyable. Since Direct Sales Victoria has now been dissolved I can't really speak to the environment across other offices but provided that culture is upheld the job itself can be very enjoyable.
Also they had Milo in the break room.
Also they had Milo in the break room.
Pros
People, Benefits, Progression
Cons
Sundays, Public Holidays, Workload