6AM City was once a place that focused on something this world lacks: hyper-local, encouraging journalism and content.
In the last 12-18 months, 6AM City has completely abandoned this model and is now simply a content machine to make as much money as possible, probably to compensate for the unfortunate business decisions made 3 years ago to expand to 20+ markets with no where near enough research or funding. Fantastic employees have been suffering from those decisions three years ago ever since. In my 2 and a half years at 6AM City, I witnessed 5 layoffs/restructures of the organization. Y'all -- stay away. I wish I could tell you you had any job security here, but you do not.
Since their deal with TEGNA, 6AM City has half-closed markets down in various cities where they now have one person from across the country produce weekly content for. How is this hyper-local journalism? Why is someone from the Midwest or East Coast reporting on the best restaurants in Sacramento? It is so disingenuous and so far from what this mission was two years ago. It is really, really sad.
The whiplash I experienced working here of being moved around teams, being given a different managing editor four times in 10 months, and after 2 and a half years being laid off...it's really something. I wish I had more positive things to say about my time at 6AM City, but I honestly feel screwed over after the amount of effort and trust I put in that the leadership here would finally get it right.
Also -- if you are a City Editor, good luck taking your unlimited PTO. You have to prewrite content for a majority of your time off and it is almost more stressful to take a vacation than it is to just work. The support is not there.
