It's a stepping stone - City Editor 6AM City Employee Review

2.0
Oct 14, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- It's a comfortable job that allows you to write easy-to-digest subject matter about events / stories from your community. - The remote work allows you to be highly flexible. - You'll work beside passionate and incredibly talented writers and creators from your city and across the country. It's always helpful to have strong connections wherever your career may take you. - This job allows you time to build your written portfolio. It's ultimately a lillypad for your next opportunity.

Cons

- You wear a lot of hats for but the pay doesn't compensate for this. - 6AM City's leadership is immature, cold, and uninspiring. They're not people you'd follow into battle. - The CEOs love hearing themselves talk, but rarely ever actually say anything, - It's volatile in terms of job security. Layoffs come out of nowhere. No decency from management of a "heads up". - The company's leadership didn't offer a single word of acknowledgement or support to me when I was laid off. - You're just a number. When they announce the "exciting news" they're expanding to yet another market, let's just say you better have your resume and cover letter ready to be sent out immediately.

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5.0
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Pros

Remote environment with great work life balance

Cons

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6AM City Response
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Thank you for your review. We’re glad to hear you’re enjoying the flexibility of our remote environment and finding a healthy work-life balance at 6AM City. We appreciate your contributions and look forward to continuing to support your growth with the company.
1.0
Oct 1, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You work with an extremely talented group of writers and content creators from all over the country. Was a great way to get your start in a journalism and social media field. Learn how to work in a fast-paced, flexible environment.

Cons

It is truly disappointing to see how this company has declined into a workplace that I would never recommend working for. The first year of employment was one of the best working experiences I've ever had for a product I truly believed in. Now 6AM City is completely unrecognizable, between a shift away from a hyperlocal product with local experts backing it to products informed by AI and people who know nothing about the cities they are writing about. The amount of layoffs this company has experienced in the past two years is troubling and whether you're a tenured employee or a recent hire, you're subject to getting laid off. Ultimately, the leadership is poor and the product itself has declined to a point it's not worth the distress of wondering every day if you're going to lose your job for reasons that are out of your control.

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