Was a great place to learn and grow. - Product Designer Refinery29 Employee Review

4.0
Oct 2, 2020
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Pros

The product team genuinely fostered an environment of collaboration. We cared about each other. It was great to witness a company grow over the course of a few years.

Cons

The product team was completely isolated from the rest of the company (both spatially and politically) and held zero visibility or consideration to other more visible teams (i.e. the revenue, design, and editorial teams). Which in turn, made it very difficult to grow in the company. The appearances of their company philosophy were not really applied internally with other (minority) female employees. There is strong favoritism within the company, specifically with those closest to founding partners in editorial and creative.

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5.0
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Pros

Great culture, extremely nice employees, diverse workplace

Cons

Not very cutting edge with their approach to tech

4.0
Mar 23, 2026
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Pros

Refinery29 was training day, every day. The pace and creative expectations forced you to sharpen fast. I cut my teeth here over four years and came out a fundamentally better strategist. The work was culturally plugged in, the people were sharp, and you were trusted with real responsibility early. If you wanted to learn how brand, content, and audience intersect at speed, there was no better place.

Cons

The intensity that makes it a great training ground also means the environment runs hot. Not everyone thrives in that — and depending on your team, support structures varied. The company went through a lot of change during my time, which created some instability.

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