Hearst reviews

I worked at a brand that was rife with organizational and managerial problems. Dysfunctional relationships at the top of the masthead infected the entire staff. HR was notified on at least two occasions, and by different individuals, about the wildly inappropriate behavior of one staffer in particular, but did not intervene. Late, messy closes were the rule, not the exception. There was no performance review process. Talented editors were offered little feedback and no path to promotion. The magazine hemorrhaged staff.

- salaries are low and impossible to raise - management are absent most of the time - morale is terrible - processes are set and changed on a daily basis so you have no idea what you're doing - top heavy structure with the rest of the team actually doing all the work - very cliquey management team. - actively trying to develop a culture where you're discouraged from questioning change in process