Lots of fun but no room for growth
Pros
-Fun team activities happen frequently as freebies are often given to the Secret Media network. - Great team of people and a lively atmosphere. I met some great people and made lifelong friends during my time here.
Cons
- They pay interns a criminally low wage and go through a lot of them - effectively using university grads as free labour. To give you some context, I was paid £400 per month for 25.5 hours per week when I joined. When I was promoted to a full-time permanent role following my internship, I was barely earning over minimum wage. They attempt to justify this with the freebies that the Secret Media network recieves but, unfortunately, complimentary cocktails don't pay the bills! - High staff turnover due to lack of career progression. If you get stuck in the wrong department/role there's very little room to progress. This is why I chose to leave the company. - Management doesn't view copywriters or videographers (the creatives who have made the Secret Media network so popular) as valuable team members. I felt really disposable and underappreciated during my time here. This resulted in a feeling of resentment throughout the team. - It certainly feels like a 'boys club' with such a high percentage of the management team being male. It's a young startup and 80% of the Secret Media readership is female so this is really surprising. As a female employee, this was extremely demoralising. - Huge issues around professionalism. A lot of information being passed from senior to junior employees that certainly should not have been shared. Boundaries were crossed so many times!
