Pros
Lots of scope to grow skills. Great supportive team.
Cons
High rotation of staff unfortunately.
Pros
- Close, hard-working team with a good sense of humour, and they’re all in it together. - Lots of responsibility and variety in tasks. - Staff are always happy to help, just be proactive in asking for it. They understand that more often than not it’s one of - if not your first, placement(s) in the industry. -Staff are interested to know your thoughts on the internship with a view to improving the experience. - Tea, coffee, snacks… - Well located office: a minute from the tube and plenty of places to go for lunch. - Fridays are intern lunch days whereby you get taken out to lunch (on the company). - On Wednesdays you get to work from home - hello lie in. - It’s evident that the company's new team has worked hard to address old problems, and from reading previous reviews here it appears that they have overcome the vast majority of them. It is also apparent that this new team has only just got going, and endeavours (pun absolutely intended) to keep on improving and growing as a company. - If by no other measure, consider it a testament that at the end of the month, I felt a little sad to be leaving.
Cons
- The one month internship was unpaid (except for travel costs), though such is publishing and I think like other publishers, they are soon addressing this. - Occasionally there’s simply not an awful lot for you to do, but at other times you might have several things all at once. - If you like a larger office where you can hide, this might not be for you.
Pros
Near to the station, so you can get away as quickly as possible. It's opposite a bus stop as well. 'Fly, you fools!'
Cons
Unpleasant office and staff - they discuss an individuals personal attributes, qualifications and appearance after they have left the room to intern here! A team of unprofessional and arrogant young staff with very little skill operating online content, written editorial or understanding the market. "Questionable business ethics", as in the other review, is completely accurate. Not only do interns read all submissions (none go through the paid staff), they are also instructed to write false 5 star reviews of the Director's own books for Amazon. This is not a company portraying any positives of the publishing industry, it is, however, a great example of unprofessional staff who laugh behind their managers, authors and other businesses backs. A waste of your time if you have ever written your own address on an envelope, read the word 'apple' or held a conversation. It's akin to working with a two-year-old child who has just began socialising at playgroup. Do not waste your breath.
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