Chicago Agent Reviews

Severely understaffed. At the time I worked here, the few editors were beyond overworked and treated almost like slaves by the two publishers, who, again, have no idea how to run a publishing business. Pay is low. Benefits are almost nonexistent (low health insurance, no 401K). You are treated with total disrespect by the two owners/publishers who, like the other review here, will call, text and email you early in the morning, at night, weekends and holidays. Total lack of respect and added to my anxiety, no doubt.

This place is insanely understaffed. Editors manage two websites each and are expected to post three stories a day on each site, post each story on three social media channels, and manage huge projects for each site. That would be bad enough but you’re also grossly underpaid with no benefits (unless you count $100/month towards your high health insurance premium) and treated with total disrespect by the two owners who call, slack, text and email you early in the morning, late at night, on weekends and even holidays. There is no vacation benefit to speak of, because you have to do all your work in advance before you leave since there’s no one to do it for you. You might develop physical and/or mental health problems as a result, until you come to the same conclusion as everyone before you: the only sane solution is to leave.