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, although that usually means you're available to cover Saturday night fires and to work weekends and holidays." ((in 8 reviews)); "Fun work environment" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"Management was incompetent, and it became increasingly difficult to be independent." ((in 21 reviews)); "Upper management doesn't care enough to implement the simplest changes and avoid idiotic problems." ((in 10 reviews)); "Major layoffs meant that my internship ended early when my supervisor and several others were let go." ((in 8 reviews)); "Long hours and weekend work." ((in 6 reviews)); "The company had bad leadership" ((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.

What are the top reviewed Patch locations?

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Patch reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(254 total reviews)

Warren St. John

57% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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

Patch has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 254 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Patch employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

254 reviews

4.0

Apr 29, 2015

Sales

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Commission was great, culture was positive, good people.

Cons

Senior leadership made some poor choices early on, lack of direction.

Patch Response

11y

True - we made some dumb choices at spinout on local sales strategy and go to market, including a sales office that was in the suburbs away from HQ (which has been shut down).

3.0

Apr 12, 2015

Local Editor

Local editor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Freedom to customize your site to be as relevant as possible to your community, experience with web tools, analytics, backing of a large company, mostly fantastic, smart colleagues.

Cons

Too much top-down management, people in NYC assuming that everyone in your town was interested in vapid content in an attempt to garner page views, some inept middle management, loss of freelancers, and ultimately the company's massive layoffs. Which only hurt our communities that we had worked so hard for.

Patch Response

11y

The dates are erroneous. This is an accurate review, but from ~2013 pre spinout from AOL

3.0

Mar 18, 2015

Great learning experience, great co-workers, they had an awesome investment in technology. `

Advertising manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good training, invested in great technology when they were owned by Aol, they also had a great platform and awesome facilities in New York. I was home based though in the Detroit market.

Cons

Being home based, there was a lack of communication, plus I was laid off, which wasn't fun at all. Now that they are owned by Hale, seems things have changed greatly.

Patch Response

11y

This is from Jan 2014.

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