Bustle reviews

I don’t think the biggest con is so much with the company as with the direction it’s headed and where their shifting their priority. I understand what a “restructuring” is and how a new EIC might want to come in and bring her own people. But when you already have top talent available to you (and since this is anonymous, I can say without feeling like a braggart: I am top educated talent with a track record. I am far beyond any writer/editor they’ll be able to get in the future and I know that, I’m just not flashy about it) don’t kick them out the door. Use them! Even if you can’t use all of them, editorial staff aren’t one-trick ponies. Most of us are multi-faceted. Talk to us about how to use us, the people that want to be there, that loved BDG, that were loyal to the company. Someone doesn’t have to do only the job you initially hired them for. Why are you hiring at the other companies (Nylon, Mic, Input, Outline, even within Bustle, BDG’s other departments) when we could have done those jobs and done them well? It doesn’t make sense. Improve communication. Don’t be so quick to lay people off.

Trust, people's complaints about Bustle are real. From the very beginning, you're treated as less-than by upper management, especially executives. The editorial strategy changes month-to-month with zero explanation or communication from managers, and there is absolutely racist behavior from several white managers to employees of color. Goals are not clearly communicated, and being a "team player" here means never speaking up for yourself or questioning why things work the way they do. Morale is low, and management thinks the way to deal with that is to try to cover it up, rather than deal with the true sources of it (layoffs, unclear strategy, limited opportunities for advancement). HR works for the execs, not you. Everything you have heard about this place is true — and the reality is even worse.