Patch reviews

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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1.0
Jul 19, 2013

Dont work here!!

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Pros

Headquarters has start up feel and fun events. Owned by AOL. Used to have some great talent before restructuring

Cons

Everything else. Micro-management to a whole new level, by middle managers, as well as executives. On your interview, they act like you will have freedom to "run own business" this couldn't be farther off, every task you do is directly managed, tracked, and then you have a conference call to review all and make sure you follow to a tee. Lost sight that they recruit professionals, I've had internships that I've had more freedom to excersise insights and provide knowledge base. Outside Middle managers let emotions run actions Goals unrealistic, and do not come through on bonuses promised. Job expectations change quarterly

1.0
Jul 12, 2013

Sales and marketing challenged

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of its sites have become go-to sources of information and engagement for their towns. In those places Patch is much appreciated and highly trafficked, and the editors usually have a sense that they are doing something important for their communities. Employee benefits are very good.

Cons

Quality of content has declined drastically from when Patch launched, due to continued staff cuts. People are seriously overworked. Salaries are lousy—especially in areas of the country where cost of living is higher. New content management system roll-out was a disaster—full of bugs and glitches that made editors' work more difficult. Emphasis that was once on original reporting has shifted partially to "aggregation"—linking to stories from other news outlets—and user-generated content (asking users to post blogs, articles and photos for no pay). No consistency of quality across sites—a hodge-podge. Company is losing the faith and trust of users.

1.0
Apr 22, 2013
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Pros

AOL benefits, Virtual Office, Finally went to monthly commission pay outs. (Used to be 3 months, then 6 months, then finally monthly except they screw you on commissions if your selling on a CPM basis because it gets billed in arrears.

Cons

It's not hyper-local news anymore. Editors have to work in multiple Patch sites and are totally burned out. The freelance budget has been cut and taken away. There is no ROI for advertisers...the daily UV's to the site are a joke.....Patch claims 20,000 plus UV's on a monthly basis per Patch site....the truth is people are going to Patch less than 1.8 visits per MONTH! The site GOALS are 800 visits a day and they aren't hitting those numbers. Now selling a 25% share o of these 800 visits on an inside page position (roughly 85% of the traffic is an "inside" page) for $720 per month to a local business is an insanely high CPM and poor ROI for the client. Unless you are a hospital or financial institution with unlimited budget for "branding" Patch advertising is not a smart investment to grow your business.

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