Avoid avoid avoid - Anonymous employee Refinery29 Employee Review

2.0
6 Dec 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Industry recognition, decent salary depending on what team you are on

Cons

Continual lies from mgmt and C-level staff on health of company; horrible morale attempted to be corrected by cheesy brand sponsored events with free stuff, lack of real strategies to be a solid business. Letting go of real talent to produce videos hardly anyone watches. Is R29 really about empowering women or just a cheap outlet to read about the Kardashians? Zero job security

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Cons

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Pros

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.

Cons

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.

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