33 Universal Reviews

1.7

12% would recommend to a friend

(35 total reviews)

11% positive business outlook

33 Universal has an employee rating of 1.7 out of 5 stars, based on 35 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a poor working experience there. The 33 Universal employee rating is 56% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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35 reviews
1.0
29 Jun 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I was a part-timer working remotely from India. 4-5 hours of work per day. Decent pay-per-article. Earnings up to $315 which for an Indian translates to INR 19,000

Cons

Worst management ever. The HR can barely cope up with the whims of the owners. This is not a website that has good SEO practices and yet expects their writers to produce massive view counts for their websites. Most HRs are clueless about the writers and just pass down orders from the top level. Ownership changes frequently and so do the rules. No probation period. If you cannot generate great leads, you will be fired at any moment. Worst-paying scheme. I have been terminated after a full month's work in June and I still haven't been given my salary. Upon asking the HR they told me they themselves haven't received their own salaries. This company just doesn't want to pay its writers.

1.0
28 Jul 2014

The Cult Starts Here

Recommend
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Pros

Paychecks (in the random instances they arrive on time). Air. Lectures from your cult-member CEO about how he knows more about journalism than you (he doesn't; he never even completed college).

Cons

33 Universal, its partners and sites (Ibt Times, Newsweek, Latin Post, Latinos Post, Music Times, Design Times, Fashion Times, etc.) might look like the nadir of Buzzfeed clickbait styled "journalism," but it's even worse than it seems: the sites are actually all a moneymaking venture for the South Korean cult of David Jang and Olivet "University" in California. Just Google Search: "David Jang" + "33 universal" + "cult" and find out for yourself. Don't believe a word the company tries to sell you, you're nothing more than a typing machine covered in skin to them. You will never receive a raise here. You will work six days a week, every week, without overtime. You will work every holiday (christmas, thanksgiving, new years, July 4) unless you use your "vacation time," which at every other company would be referred to as "federal holidays." You will write about the latest Selena Gomez album, tie in Justin Bieber's name for keywording's sake, you will source the article from 5 different equally terrible websites, and you will LIKE it dammit.

1.0
7 Nov 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Autonomy No Management / Oversight Can work remotely

Cons

No Management / Oversight 33 Universal operates dozens of news websites, but has no understanding of journalism, ethics, reporting or news writing. The "General Manager" lies, is evasive and keeps you in the dark No holidays or sick days No health, dental, eye, life insurance or 401k Writing staff is mostly young, inexperienced writers and beginning journalists who need direction, which the company does not care to provide

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