Bustle reviews

While you get a lot of work, much of it feels menial. Think "50 Amazon products that will change your life" - that's literally all the job is. I also never felt fully integrated into the team or company. The only person I ever spoke to on the job was my editor, and it wasn't much beyond polite conversation or "I'm logging on for the day." It would have felt so much less isolating if I had been, for example, in a slack channel with other writers with the same title (and it would have been another resource to go to with questions!) It's also part time. That can be a pro or a con depending on what you're looking for. Training and getting to learn the job can also be a steep learning curve depending on how much previous experience you have. Though I had hoped this job would be a stepping stone into a full time writing role, I found that I didn't have any opportunities to pitch other editors or even connect with anybody outside of my direct editor.

Team leadership went out of their way to intentionally put people down and make them feel like they weren't good at their job. It was very much a "Mean Girl" culture with a bunch of fake niceness and if you're not in the "clique", you were deprioritized and not considered as favorably. It honestly feels like high school at times. Favoritism is rampant, ignoring accomplishments while being constantly called out for small errors - certain peoplewere called out more than other teammates as they confirmed they didn't get these criticisms. They also never took feelings into consideration; it was all talk. The leadership likes to share their "kudos" for people on a weekly basis, but only the people in the clique and new hires ever got praise while others are constantly ignored. Leaders would praise people on other teams instead of their own. Also, if you aren't their cattle, you are attacking their process. If you have a criticism, stay quiet, or they will sour your reputation to others behind your back. Don't take anything positive seriously from them because they will backstab you in a heartbeat.