Great culture and nice employees, but tech feels outdated - Software Engineer Refinery29 Employee Review

This company genuinely changed the game for women and digital media and entertainment brands. Incredible place to work.

Sadly the big tech companies make it difficult for companies like refinery29 to continue to invest in making great content. The sale to Vice was the beginning of the end.

Refinery29 was training day, every day. The pace and creative expectations forced you to sharpen fast. I cut my teeth here over four years and came out a fundamentally better strategist. The work was culturally plugged in, the people were sharp, and you were trusted with real responsibility early. If you wanted to learn how brand, content, and audience intersect at speed, there was no better place.

The intensity that makes it a great training ground also means the environment runs hot. Not everyone thrives in that — and depending on your team, support structures varied. The company went through a lot of change during my time, which created some instability.