Assistant Editor Salary in India (Updated 2025)

Likes

Ratna Sagar has a friendly a supportive work environment where colleagues help each other and teamwork is valued. Employee get to learn about different areas of publishing, edition, and content development. It is a good place to improve skills and offers job stability. The workload is usually manageable.

Dislikes

It is a good place to learn, but growth in the company is slow. The salary is not always enough for the work. The company has strict rules and fixed timings, which can sometimes delay decision-making. There is no cafeteria.

Likes

1. Option for working remotely 2. Salary could be above industry standards if negotiated well during recruitment 3. Social security and insurance benefits 4. Various reimbursements available over and above CTC 5. Five-day work week with roster-based flexible shifts

Dislikes

1. Very less scope to grow 2. Inequitable work pressure 3. Senior leadership is barely available for conflict resolution or during team crisis. Not transparent with teams. 4. Editorial managers are highly incompetent, lacks news judgement and are incapable of making content value addition calls 5. Severe attrition rate -- at least 15 people, including senior editorial recruits, have left the news team in a span of 10 months that I have worked at HT. In comparison, only 3-4 juniors or freshers were hired. This is case with other teams too -- lifestyle, sports, tech, business and multimedia 6. Lack of skill-enhancing trainings and editorial meetings 7. Despite generous leave policy by the company, managers are reluctant to grant them

Likes

Amazing Work Culture. Opportunities to Learn, Self Development and Growth.

Dislikes

Comparatively lower Salary than Market standards