Pros
I met some stellar friends working here.
Cons
I didn’t realize you can write a review a while after you were gone. TY. Starting pay is very low now that I’m out and have compared pay for similar roles. You can’t take time off in November or December. Upper management gossips about others on the team and it makes for a very unprofessional environment. I have heard this first hand. As have others I still talk to there. The focus has shifted drastically from putting the reader first to being very money hungry. We were asked to write up so many sponsored posts on products that just weren’t a proper fit for the site or low quality. But they didn’t care what the writers had to say bc their focus was the money and bringing in the paid posts. Often we would offer up our ideas then management would adopt them as their own without crediting the employees. The ceo has lost what the site’s focus should be and instead creates a place where money is the focus and readers come second. Encouraged us to delete negative comments and poor recipe ratings. Comments on the site are drastically down. It’s not looking good. I would probably look elsewhere for a job if you are a writer. I’m not seeing any innovation going on to take the company to the next level. Also the moral is very low. You used to be able to slack others but they have rearranged slack channels now to prevent side discussions.