Vantaggi
-A lot of intelligent, well-educated employees from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. You actually learn things working for the site. -There is room for creativity and, even at the junior level, you get a say in the direction you want to take your work and the direction of the site overall. -The CEO is an incredibly nice person who is genuinely excited about the company and encouraging towards his employees. While he's fairly disorganized and places his trust in the wrong people, he is inspiring and supportive. -Free lunches on Tuesdays and kitchen stocked with lots of snacks.
Svantaggi
-Extremely ableist language used throughout the site. Jokes about mental health issues and disabilities are routinely made via Slack by senior management. Lower level employees who say anything are often treated caustically for speaking out and concerns are largely ignored by HR. It gives the site a terrible reputation overall, despite the fact there's great content on certain channels. Not to mention, employees with disabilities are shamed into not asking for the accommodations they're entitled to by law because senior management sees this as a liberal snowflake mentality. -No training, unclear expectations, and lots of mixed messages from higher ups. It gets to the point employees who have been there for years have no idea if they're doing a good job. There is a revolving door of employees and an extremely high percentage of employees are fired in less than a year without a lot of clear communication beforehand. This leads to extremely low office morale and a general sense of paranoia. Everyone there is pretty miserable after awhile. -Many senior employees have never worked in another digital media company and only know Ranker's original style and tone, which was pretty clickbaity and often published articles that are downright offensive by modern standards. Many senior editors and managers are stuck in their ways as they've never really opened their eyes to modern politics or culture. The site is stuck in a state of arrested development as a result. Although some editors are making a big push to change this, their efforts are constantly undermined. -Editors are extremely caustic to freelance writers, who are grossly underpaid by market standards. There is an entire Slack channel dedicated to mocking freelancers and the negativity comes through in communication between editors and writers. As a result, many freelancers simply drop out of contact or quit. -The company is extremely disorganized and hierarchy is unclear. As a result, projects often fall to the wayside and many editors have no idea what they're supposed to be doing in a given day or how they're supposed to prioritize their work. As stated, the CEO is well meaning and has good vision, but he seems to have placed his trust in the wrong people, unfortunately. -While the healthcare is excellent, the pay is extremely low by market standards even at the senior/associate level and employees only get five days vacation.