Good for Entry Level - Senior Project Editor BowTie Employee Review

Great management, wonderful culture, superlative training. Great foundation for selling advertising.

None that I can think of at all.

BowTie is very good about promoting from within. You could conceivably stay here for your entire career with the promotions and support the company will give you.

The pay is very poor, and the reasons given for the low salaries are insulting, when actually addressed. Not nearly enough money is pumped into production of the magazines, resulting in outdated technology and a lack of resources and staff. Software is very far behind the curve - QuarkXPress and an early version of Photoshop are used. Each staffer gets his/her own PC, but the layout of each magazine is done on community Macs. Communication and training is poor. You will be more likely to get a seminar on how to adjust your computer chair than how to use a new company-wide program. Promotions can only be given after the employee has served a minimum of 18 months in his/her position. Ethical standards are questionable, both in regards to advertisers and magazine content. Turnover is embarrassingly high, for the aforementioned reasons.