Gannett Employer Reviews

Gannett was a good opportunity for a person in the customer service field. It was an extremely high stress job which is great for teaching one patience. The most enjoyable part of the job was the communication and adaptability. The hardest part of the job was the constantly changing rules and operating procedures.

The most enjoyable part of my job is exceeding client expectations, and seeing their business grow in the community.

Great company to work for.
The various services it sells can fit any business budget. The environment is conducive to perform the job.

Ad campaign specialist, I scheduled and monitored ads for a variety of local newspaper markets that I was assigned. Job was relatively easy once technologies were learned and I already came in with the skills necessary to have open communication with my market. The only problem with this job is there was no room for advancement within the department – more... and I would have had to transfer to a different department. – less

I learned to deal with a variety of personalities. Having to deal with irate customers on a daily basis was a challenge, but it was fun also. It taught me some humility & integrity and not to take things personal.

deliver actions and reporters and journals daily by deadline. only downfall i have to drive for over an hour in the winter

A typical day at work would be making over 100 calls a day trying to sell the enquirer. I learned how to deal with people problems and all types of different people. Management was good at Gannett. They worked with everyone and they gave us prizes for accomplishing goals.

Publishing business focused on getting the ad dollars. Quantitatively driven market analysis on the publishing side, however, corporate research consists of qualitative research opportunities. Secondary research metrics drive the ad sales business.

A typical day at work was posting ads on career builder and on the employment section of The News Journal. The Director of Classifed Advertising was dynamite but the Manager was new and inexperienced. My co workers were wonderful. I composed excel spreadsheet downloads from the data base and presented the online vs. print advertising percentages for – more... reporting requirements but the manager wanted the numbers crunched to suit her goals. That was the hardest part of the job and I perceived it as unethical. Therefore I resigned to pursue other employment. – less

place was big and not that clean. thay had a lot of work they would got out every day

A good company ever-changing with the evolving needs and expectations of it's audience. Fast-paced, deadline driven with a focus on detail. Exciting and challenging each day! This company contains some of the best people to work with and work for.

I typically arrived at work around 7:30am each morning in order to get all programs and connections to remote desktops ready for the daily procedures. By 8:00am I was clocked in and ready to help solve any problems encountered overnight by the Gannett Production Centers and assist the sales staff with ad production issues. I spent 75% of my day dealing – more... with problems and finding solutions. I also worked on "home accounts" by designing ads to help co-workers, correcting any errors I found and providing ad proofs to sales staff for presentation to clients. When approved, I would send final ad files to the GPC. I learned how to use all the programs necessary to complete the assignments. The hardest part of the job was getting the sales staff to send their ad materials on time so that deadlines were met. The most enjoyable part of the job was delivering an ad that the customer loved and met their needs and expectations. – less

Do your job well and you will not be a statistic in the turnover rate! :)

Daily news and ads for the newspaper.

Learned management

Good people in a bad economy

Ad sales

Advancement

The Tallahassee Democrat is completely void of competent leadership from management. The reality is that by in large those in a leadership position for the Tallahassee Democrat have been promoted simply due to attrition.
A truly terrible place to work and the reality is that any and all employees should abandon ship as soon as possilbe.

Gannett offers production experience that would be hard for any graphic designer to come by. I've learned how to speed up my designing while still turning out a quality product.

There are downsides to the company, however. Since they typically hire kids straight from college, they pay far below the average salary for a beginner or junior designer. – more... Management is not the best at communicating and often acts as babysitters rather than helpers.

The atmosphere isn't the best, but it isn't the worst. You will meet talented designers and learn things from everyone. It is easy to make and keep friends. – less

Company is downsizing. When I first started there I reallyenjoyed it
there, but they started cut backs and no raises a lot of the people who had been there for years left. While I was there I sold subscriptions over the phone upgrades to current customers and solved customer problems. I won many sales contests.

yelling customers
nothing
management was not good
it was not hard
i did not enjoy it

they are not concerned about there employees. you spend your day on the phone calling future customers

My experience is varied, so I have done everything from copy editing to page design, to deciding which wire stories make it in to the newspaper. I now am being trained on posting items to the Web.

This is a 29-hour per week job, so I am looking for something with more and better hours to supplement or replace it.

I began working at the Tennessean – more... in 1990 as a copy editor, got laid off in 2005 and have been back since Nov. 2010. – less