Pros
My fellow employees were the best bunch of people I’ve ever worked with
Cons
I wanted to preface this by acknowledging that most bad reviews for business are viewed as just being the ramblings of bitter, disgruntled employees who were probably bad at their jobs and fired for cause. I also want to make it clear that I worked for this company for years and was very good at my job, as were all the great editors I worked alongside. So, this review is NOT that and I hope you’ll take it to heart. This company is toxic, with a culture that substitutes collaboration, engagement and career development for emotional abuse, gaslighting and micromanagement. You will not breathe while employed here without it becoming an issue, one that will ruthlessly litigated in a two-hour meeting by the CEO himself. You will not be appreciated, valued, or invested in. You will be continuously stripped of your already paltry benefits and then given a sermon on the “industry standard.” You will be improperly trained on the very specific and touchy workflow and then made to feel like this is a personal failing. You will be made to feel bad for wasting company time, including the time you spend in the bathroom. If you’re not breaking any rules, rules will be created to penalize behavior you’ve engaged in. No one makes it out unscathed. You will be subjected to the whims of the CEO, a bizarre, incompetent narcissist who insists everything be done in his dated, backwards way and push back on any suggestions to modernize the process. If your idea involves one red cent? Absolutely forget about it. You will not be provided a laptop to do your work on, nor reimbursed for the personal computer you bought for the occasion. Your movements will also be tracked on your personal hardware. This is a business held together by duct tape and wishes, run by someone who has no business managing people and no respect for the corporate structure he claims to be so devout to. The work is not brain surgery, but the slightest mistake will be made into an international crisis. Every project and directive from above is nothing but sound and fury, signifying nothing. You will be put through the wringer and compensated like you’re working at Starbucks. Take my advice. Work at Starbucks. Stay far, far away from here.