Does Patch pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Patch employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Patch. This rating has improved by 14% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Patch?

42% of Patch employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Patch 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Patch?

Local Editor (39) , Editor (30) , Advertising Manager (12) , Reporter (10) , Field Editor (7) , Ad Manager (5) , Freelance Writer (5) , Sales (5) , Sales Representative (5) , Writer (5) , Regional Publisher (4) , (3) , Contributor (3) , Inside Sales Account Executive (3) , Inside Sales Representative (3)

What are the pros of working at Patch according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and funding to try and make the company a success" ((in 29 reviews)); "You can work from home, and the hours were flexible." ((in 25 reviews)); "The benefits were great." ((in 12 reviews)); "Flexible Schedule and good pay" ((in 9 reviews)); "My colleagues were amazing" ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Patch according to real employee reviews?

"Cliquey management, quality work unrewarded" ((in 20 reviews)); "Upper management is clueless and treats people disrespectfully and like sheep and their model for the business they are in just won't work" ((in 8 reviews)); "When a company starts off with a 75% layoff, that shouldn't inspire confidence." ((in 8 reviews)); "The company had bad leadership" ((in 6 reviews)); "Too many to list...awful management, zero communication, constant pressure to produce produce produce (hyperlocal news simply doesn't work that way), poor work life balance (I often worked 16 hour days/7day weeks" ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Patch layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Patch layoffs and their outlook for job security at Patch in 2026.

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3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(42 total reviews)

Warren St. John

57% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

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3.3

Culture & values

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.8

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

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3.0

Sep 23, 2013

Excellent training ground for new media journalism.

Local editor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Gain a lot of good experience in digital media, friendly coworkers who help each other out, flexibility of hours, work from home.

Cons

Too many directives from corporate that lacks understanding of local issues and communities, relies too much on aggregation and fluff pieces instead of allowing site editors to concentrate on hyper local news. Workload too heavy for single editor, have to be "on" 24/7, including weekends and holidays. Poor salary, few employee perks.

3.0

Sep 23, 2013

Fun place to work for young professionals but unclear future for the company

Inside sales account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- The people there are amazing. Everyone was so friendly and passionate about what they were doing and willing to lend a hand when needed. - Fun office environment, - work hard, play hard type of attitude. - snacks at the office - AMAZING benefits package - equally great commission program - training week in NYC paid for by company - young people

Cons

- work gets repetitive - all the kinks of a start-up company, still pioneering the hyper-local news niche

1.0

Jul 27, 2013

I was an Ad Manager for Patch.com.

Ad manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They provided state of the art macbooks and ipads. They provided me with a cutting edge internet education.

Cons

Start up that is on the way down - no organization, no product recognition by customers, terrible pay scale. Management were very condescending.

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