Pros
Great people. Most of the team are really talented, really care about the magazine and the work. It's a fun atmosphere in the office, and the work is varied and interesting.
Cons
The management. Senior white men constantly giving themselves promotions and making up new strategy roles that are completely redundant. Yet they refuse to hire any junior staff - the ones who are going to actually be producing all of the content. How can you have a magazine but no staff writers? Huge freelance problem. Freelancers are kept in purgatory. Many of them freelance full time for two years (or more) with no holiday pay, no sick pay and no benefits. It should be illegal. They have the constant promise of a job dangled in front of them like a carrot but the jobs never materialise. Frankly, it's exploitative. Editorial staff are all overworked and underpaid. Many people are expected to do the jobs of two people but they are rarely compensated for it. Severe lack of diversity, especially at the top. The C-Suite are all old white men. They are insanely out of touch and they clearly don't value the staff who they severely underpay. Instead, the company spends money on flying the CEO out from Switzerland every week, which is where he commutes from.