Years of relative freedom to run successful site ruined by ill-advised sites that had no chance of success. - Editor Patch Employee Review

There were never enough sales people to make it a success, and the marketing was left strictly to the local editors for far too long. Lack of revenue from many sites led to a change from hyperlocal emphasis to whatever posts could draw the most page views, even if they weren't local or even regional. Tons of vacation days and holidays "available" with seemingly no time to take them off.