4.0
Jul 10, 2012
Former employee, less than 1 year
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
You'll get tons of writing samples, meet many interesting people, develop your journalistic and promotional skills quite a bit, and it looks good on a resume (or grad school application). Plus, it can be a lot of fun!
Cons
They expect a ton of work, expectations shift very frequently and quite dramatically, the administration is confusing, and they tend to excuse any mistakes they make by claiming they're a "startup" (which doesn't really hold water once a major corporation buys you). Also, many editors are forced to work weekends (basically 24/7) and taking time off can be a real hassle, but if you're insistent you really can take weekends, holidays and vacation off. Finally, there's very little (almost no) room for promotion.