Everyone miserable - Anonymous employee dmg media Employee Review

1.0
24 Aug 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pretty good pay. Good benefits.

Cons

Everything else. I am surprised that the overall rating is over three stars, since everyone in my office is miserable. Original reporting is actively discouraged. Reporters, photo and video editors, etc are treated as brainless, feelingless cogs in a machine and are expected to be almost literally chained to their desks. Management has clearly never heard the term 'workplace morale' As others have said here, nearly every management position in the US is held by someone from the UK, meaning there is no room for growth and British office culture/rules are implemented in an American workplace.

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Pros

Health insurance and taxis when you finish a shift

Cons

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2.0
19 Jan 2017
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Pros

Better pay than a lot of freelance jobs Can choose your shifts No one bugs you after hours

Cons

if you're in the NYC office, prepare to listen to Martin Clarke, the publisher, have a screaming toddler fit at the employees. He mostly does it to the British employees, I guess because they are stuck there on a work visa and can't walk out the door. I've never seen such employee abuse. This, naturally, doesn't make for a cheery office, and most of the editors are glum-faced and inapproachable. The hours can be pretty brutal - a nine hour regular day, no one seems to take a lunch (more of a cultural thing than a mandate), and you often stay late (again more of a cultural thing than a mandate, I seemed to get out on time). There doesn't seem to be any way of rising within the company from the reporters ranks - editors are usually brought in from the UK. There is enormous turnover with most people barely lasting a year. Little to no opportunity to do actual reporting.

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