Pros
- Friends made while working there - Fun parties and game nights (when you’re not working through them) - Learned valuable editorial skills (take what you learn and move elsewhere)
Cons
- Underpaid staff, starting rate is only $17/hr as an Assistant Editor or Editorial Apprentice - Extremely long hours and constant OT with no lunch or dinner breaks in sight - Zero work life balance - No communication between departments on whether you have time or bandwidth to complete a task (if they want it done you stay until it’s done) - There was no HR department and I never felt there was anyone to talk to beyond my superior - Computers were constantly crashing and the servers were failing and filling fast - Google sheets and gmail were used to keep the team organized while there are apps like Asana or Monday - There was a constant rotation of people coming in and out the door. Always having to train new people and once they got past their training and into the real job most walked away. - Unresponsive CFO if there were issues with paychecks, PTO, or 401k - Still run like a start up although they’ve been around for about 10 years