Toxic company - Editorial Management don't have a clue what they are doing - Editorial Picture Editor Shutterstock Employee Review

1.0
May 14, 2020
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Pros

Great team in Dublin Good benefits (stocks, bonuses, gym membership, medical insurance etc) Decent pay

Cons

Toxic management Management personel keeps changing and so does their thought process. They set up a Editorial office in Dublin and closed the LA office making several people redundant, now they have closed the Dublin office making 13 people redundant (hearing more to follow in the IT department) and re opening the Los Angeles office and possibly New York. Because of the redundancies they are looking at automating a lot of editorial content, editorial photography is a creative industry where manual image selection and the editing of pictures/captions is necessary for quality control with the majority of contributors. They seem hell bent on concentrating on red carpet events, thats a false economy even before Covid -19 They used to keep banging on about Editorial standards and quality. Looking at the websites the standards have went right out of the window but clearly nothing being done about it from management looking after standards. The current management team decisions are being driven by one employee who has their ear by highlighting mistakes to throw colleagues under the bus and make himself look good Also be aware that positive reviews are written by HR employees as the company are now finding it difficult to hire people due to the all the negative reviews

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Shutterstock Response
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Thanks for the feedback. Actually, our Editorial team is thriving right now - and this is a direct result of new offerings like Asset Assurance, streamlining our operations process and locating our operations closer to our customers, partners and events. We know that change can be challenging for some, but our team in Editorial have embraced the changes we made, and as a result, they are delivering positive results.This team is a perfect example of how being open to new ways of doing things can lead to amazing success. And one last thing - hiring amazing talent has never been and continues not to be an issue for us. One of the best things about working at Shutterstock is the opportunity to work alongside some of the brightest and most talented people in the business.

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