Out of all the careers and jobs I have had in my life, this was by far the absolute worst. The only positive thing that came out of it was a few good friends. I was completely underpaid (when I asked for a higher salary during the offer stage, they laughed and said "we are the NFL, there are plenty of people waiting for this job")...that should have been a MAJOR warning sign. Very basic vacation benefits and you couldn't even use it unless you were available for all your meetings (despite time zones of where you are traveling) and still doing work (this is NOT a vacation). No access to tickets (or very limited and difficult to get) and Super Bowl is for management to attend, not the people actually doing work. The hours were insane!! I rarely made it home before 9pm (12 hour days and eating lunch at my desk-this caused for some major home issues as I rarely made it home for meals and was stressed on the weekends), got emails in the middle of the night that I was expected to reply to (2am, 4am emails!!). Talk about a complete burnout. I now work for another similar company that actually respects its employees with true vacations, MUCH better pay, standard 40 hour weeks (OT paid if worked above that), tickets to games, other perks and a positive working environment so I know it is possible for these large brands to compensate and treat their employees well. NFL just doesn't care or want to. I have friends still working there that say it has gotten worse and the morale is even lower (if that is even possible). Take a contract there to put it on your CV and then get the heck out of there before you become miserable.
