Pros
•Colleagues are the biggest asset •Remote working
Cons
•Under no circumstances should you need a degree to work here •Large portion of roles are glorified & thankless customer service jobs - it won’t be long until they make all cold calls mandatory across every dept (like it basically has in content already) •Like others have mentioned, a well trained AI charbot will be able to do most of the jobs here before long •Daily tasks / side projects have increased by 10 fold in the past 6 months alone, with no recognition or benefits in return •If you want a promotion you need to do an application form and the outcome is entirely popularity based •No action taken against employees who can play the politics well but have no clue when it comes to the actual job roles or SOP guidance •Most managers get away with doing the bare minimum and seemingly aren’t allowed to have a positive outlook on team efforts if targets are not met (they haven’t been across the board all year) •Contrary to the branding, quality is the very last priority. They care mostly about the optics of quality, but the reality is that senior management will have you look over certain details (lack of PhD for board members, no research background) in favour of getting another acceptance in the bag. •Horrendous weekly target updates telling people to “keep grinding” often accompanied by cringey motivational gifs •No consequences for corrupt editorial board members other than a slap on the wrist email •You have to bend your ethics and morals to do the job a lot of the time •40hr workweek is wildly unecessary and outdated •No smoke without fire, the reputation is fast sinking here for a reason!
