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Prime Publishing

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It takes awhile to realize why it's bad here - Editor Prime Publishing Employee Review

1.0
9 May 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- There are lovely people who work here, and chances are you will make friends. - If you care about crafting, there are a lot of classes taught by co-workers or the occasional expert, which is fun. - If you care about free food, there's a lot of that coming out of the test kitchens.

Cons

I can't even begin to describe the psychological toll this place put on me, but I will try to break it down for you: - The hours. You are at work for 9 hours a day, with a 1 hour required lunch break. You will slowly start to see in your own life where those lost 5 hours could have gone every single week, and you will start to resent it. - The work you're producing. It's just not good. I strongly recommend you go on their corporate website and look up the sites they have listed on there. Please listen to the warning bells in your head, because I didn't listen to the ones in mine because the description of the place sounded so exciting. But you're *not* producing quality content, and that does take its toll on you. - Worst of all was the toxic work environment. It was toxic because you feel like you're crazy for being miserable there - after all, you have great co-workers and you're working as an editor - whoo! - and everyone acts relatively happy from day to day - but, the reality that the job is sort of a sham and the fact that you're not getting very good work experience AT ALL will slowly eat away at you until you have to leave. It's also hard to leave from a psychological standpoint, so good luck. - There's not really an HR department? So that's fun. - Not really much upwards mobility. Just side-shuffling.

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Prime Publishing Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We know first jobs out of college can be a challenge for both the employer and the employee. We both realized after 6 months that there might be a better fit for you elsewhere, and we wish you the best of luck with the non-profit you selected. You do have a very nice skill set. We do wish to make a few points: - Our company does have an 8-hour workday with one hour for lunch. This is standard for 72% of professional office environments. Factories and hourly employers do more commonly offer a 30 minute lunch, although there are mixes of both. - One great way to judge the quality of our content is by the organic ranking on search engines. Our craft properties typically rank on the top of page one. Our food properties have seen our organic rank increase by over 250% in 12 months. We are proud of our content creation process, and clearly our 50+ editors, in-house video studios, test kitchens and video/photography teams have helped us meet the consumer needs very well. Of course, 6.5 million active subscribers along with 5.7 million weekly site visitors who looked at over 15 million articles last week showcase how well we connect with our consumer. - We do not have a full-time HR person. While we have grown from 1 employee to almost 75 in just 8 years, companies don’t typically hire an HR professional until you reach 100 – 125 employees. We believe our HR technology platform by a leading vendor, the training provided by our labor law firm to our leadership team and our accounting manager do a great job in filling all HR needs. - People act relatively happy since they statistically are happy. Our turnover last 12 months is 72% lower than other digital media companies. Our 5 year turnover is 67% lower than other digital media companies! Of course, our average annual salary increase last 5 years is 11.1% compared to the industry average 2.5%. Our investment in ongoing monthly staff training, our monthly and quarterly social/fun programs and our charity commitment to make the world a better place round out some excellent aspects of our company. - All of our managers and assistant managers have been promoted from within. Our emerging leaders program is designed to identify and train current staff and train them for future management opportunities. Our track record in creating these opportunities is excellent. While there is no guarantee we can continue to grow as fast as we have in the last 8 years, our joint venture with one of the world’s largest book publishing companies announced in 2016 and our other joint venture with one of Europe’s largest media company announced a few months ago should provide wonderful future opportunities. They also speak volumes as to the real perception of our company by industry peers. Leaders typically form joint ventures only with other great companies – like Prime Publishing.

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