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      3.4

      41% would recommend to a friend

      (175 total reviews)
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      Bryan Goldberg

      31% approve of CEO

      35% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Bustle has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 175 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bustle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      175 reviews
      3.0
      Apr 30, 2024

      great coworkers, questionable leadership

      Senior editor
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      Pros

      talented, creative, sharp, collegial, hardworking colleagues potential to create high-quality content opportunities to collaborate (within teams)

      Cons

      lack of leadership / clear shared vision brands asked to pivot again and again, without clear strategy appearance of top-down confusion about the company's trajectory very siloed across brands, even within related content groups low transparency outside of one's immediate work group low morale

      3.0
      Feb 3, 2023

      An Isolating Role with Hit or Miss Management

      Women's lifestyle commerce writer
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      Pros

      This position would work well for someone who has or wants a freelance writing hustle while still bringing in a consistent paycheck, or for someone who wants to build up their writing portfolio but doesn't want a full time position. You will get to write a lot of commerce pieces for Bustle and some of their other affiliate sites, and you'll also learn to write quickly and efficiently within relatively tight editorial standards. It's also a fully remote role, though the company is based in New York.

      Cons

      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.

      4.0
      Jun 30, 2022

      Great Place to work, but underpaid

      Writer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great company culture, flexibility to grow your portfolio, opportunity to transition to full time (but it takes a while)

      Cons

      Underpaid, no benefits, takes a while to transition to fulltime

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