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Nice editors, insane management, bottom rung "journalism" - Anonymous employee WhatCulture Employee Review

2.0
17 Feb 2017
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Pros

The office is nice and the camaraderie in the editorial staff keeps you going. Writing about something you love is great at first, and if you love wrestling, you're set. It's a fun, strange kind of workplace and there's always something weird going on. It's pretty much one of the only jobs of its kind in the North East.

Cons

The senior management are nuts - and incompetent with it. There's no planning, no support, no quality control and no thought, it's all about view count and nothing else. You can be as unscrupulous, offensive, sexist, plagiaristic or flat out wrong as you like, so long as it brings in the clicks. Equally, you can try to make things better, but will be mostly ignored. The pay is terrible, and even worse if you're a contributor, and the job security is nonexistent. Staff are treated so badly that many of them snap and leave. A lot of this doesn't apply if you're into wrestling, which has taken over, but if you want to do anything else then you're screwed. Oh, and some of the positive reviews on here were left by current employees under "suggestion" from management to balance out the negative ones. Just something to bear in mind.

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4.0
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Pros

It was a very fun job. Had the chance to write about a lot of different subjects that interested me. Editors were always so sweet and cordial, happy to help.

Cons

I felt like I was never going to advance beyond writing into editing, which I really wanted. Making my own hours was fun but I began to want something more locked down.

1.0
4 Jan 2017
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Pros

There are a lot of people that look at this site because they are so visible. The pay isn't awful, although it takes 3 months to get any money. The submission process is easy, but painstaking.

Cons

Your pitches will be rejected for no reason, and then if you get a pitch approved then the real trouble starts. They will reject your entire article for no reason at all, or a reason that is simply petty. They will approve articles and then reject them out of bias or the fact that they've already had something somewhat close to the same topic years ago. They are also total snobs when it comes to writing style and their replies are not only insulting but belittling as well. Don't work for them!

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