Pros
- Decent colleagues - Nice offices - Free coffee - A certain degree of autonomy in some roles of the business - You can move upwards quickly if you get your head down & work hard, although that is more down to the hordes heading for the exit door.
Cons
- Much of the upper management don't have a clue, and are stuck somewhere in the mid-1990s. Middle management are more reasonable, but ultimately have little power. - Workloads can be insane. Much of the editorial staff work 10-12 hour days regularly, and sometimes weekend work is unavoidable. Teams have been stripped down to bare bones, and many publications have just one writer. - Pay and salary structure are all over the place. I saw some hapless/lazy/unsuitable staff start on decent money, while other genuinely good employees haven't received a pay rise in years. - Expect to be a reporter, editor, sub-editor, picture editor, events specialist, and marketing expert all rolled into one. It is genuinely ridiculous.