OC Weekly Reviews

3.0

36% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)

Duncan McIntosh

59% approve of CEO

20% positive business outlook

OC Weekly has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The OC Weekly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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15 reviews
1.0
Feb 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The OC Weekly brand was once cool, and has the potential to be cool again with the right owner. There used to be fun events (like the brunch event) but the owner has eliminated them all (the fun looking photos posted to the OC Weekly Glassdoor page are from events that no longer exist (so don't be fooled into thinking the culture is vibrant, fun, energetic and hip (it's not at all...it's the complete opposite: deathly, stale, sterile, and a complete energy suck), further most people in those photos have either quit or been terminated.

Cons

The owner ignores employees and eliminates managers who speak up about ways to improve office culture and ways the company can generate more revenue. But generating revenue doesn't seem to be a priority for the owner. His priority is to be involved as little as possible and to ignore as many employees as possible. It's confusing working for an owner that doesn't care about revenue or the overall health of the company. And he doesn't value his employees. In fact, he hardly cares about the safety of his employees, just ask any employee and they'll tell you the story about when the office was threatened by an outsider and how the owner ignored the matter and ignored his employees' concerns (for months) to address office safety. He has created an absolute disaster of a company. It's almost as though he is intentionally trying to drive the company out of business. Perpahs he just has too many other responsibilities to care about the OC Weekly.

1.0
Apr 1, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

co-workers who are fun and freedom to be out all day

Cons

they fire people left and right and don't pay you what they owe you

2.0
Aug 30, 2016

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Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The work is easy. You get to go to cool events and enjoy them while working. Pick and choose when to work.

Cons

The pay is little yet they seem to spend a lot on unnecessary things. Absolutely no mileage compensation which is absurd for the amount of driving they require. Very unorganized company with crazy expectations. High turnover rate.

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