Does Digital Trends pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Digital Trends employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Digital Trends. This rating has decreased by 21% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Digital Trends?

41% of Digital Trends employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Digital Trends 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.5 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Digital Trends?

Freelance Writer (6) , Writer (6) , Sales (5) , Editorial (4) , Staff Writer (4) , Account Executive (2) , Freelancer (2)

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

"Awesome people to work with too." ((in 13 reviews)); "The pay is competitive with many other publishers, but the savings you realize from the benefits puts you far ahead." ((in 6 reviews)); "Great benefits, laid back work environment, mostly all pros to work at Digital Trends." ((in 6 reviews)); "Everyone else is great to work with." ((in 4 reviews)); "Team was amazing" ((in 4 reviews))

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

"very poor leadership (expect to be micromanaged)" ((in 6 reviews)); "highly toxic individual and openly mocks black culture (if you are working on a project he is overseeing and make any mistakes, expect to be yelled at in front of everybody)" ((in 2 reviews)); "The work/life balance is definitely one of the poorest I have seen at any company I’ve ever worked for, including other toxic environments." ((in 2 reviews))

What are employees saying about Digital Trends redundancies in 2026?

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

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3.2

41% would recommend to a friend

(68 total reviews)

Ian Bell

44% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Diversity and inclusion

2.9

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

2.5

Culture and values

Digital Trends has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 68 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Digital Trends employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

68 reviews

2.0

24 Mar 2026

Avoid this company (seriously)

Editorial

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

-Flexible PTO -Work from home

Cons

Digital Trends Media Group (or Digital Trends, if you prefer) is a cesspool of terrible leadership, fragile egos, poor revenue, and no direction. The CEO shifts direction every few months because he is just a terrible businessperson. Sales can’t make the company any money. All the websites DTMG owns rely on former glory, but traffic on all of them is down at LEAST 80% in the past few years. You will have no tools you need, freelancers won’t get paid for the work they do, you will be lied to repeatedly, and there’s a ton of turnover at this small, failing publisher. DTMG is a complete joke. Finding a job is hard, but there’s no such thing as a career at DTMG. If you’re offered a job here that you have to take because you have bills to pay, get out as fast as you can. DTMG leadership has tons of skeletons in the closet. They’ll tell you that’s not who they are. They’re lying. This company and its people are toxic and petty. Every positive review this company has is solicited; none of them are genuine. I know because the former COO asked everyone to give a positive review here to boost the company's ranking. AVOID DTMG.

2.0

13 Nov 2025

Avoid this mismanaged place

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Solid place to work years ago. Only perk now is that it’s predominately WFH environment.

Cons

Freelancers waiting to be paid long past terms set. Leadership is a boys club and a failing one at that. Seem to have some good people advising leadership, what is being done with that is to be determined. Objectives always changing. Digital Trends is a shell of what this company was.

2.0

4 Apr 2025

Woefully Incompetent Leaders

Creative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Plenty of freedom when the micromanagers aren't holding the reins. - Decent salary and pay for most roles (has to be for the work requirements) - Everyone else is great to work with. Truly some of the most inspiring team members I've ever interacted with.

Cons

- Terribly incompetent leaders at all levels. - Micromanagers abound. - Pseudo feel-good all-hands meetings every week where the key players wax poetic and pat each other on the back for the negligible amount of work they completed. - If you're good at what you do, they will work you to the bone, long hours, with very little recognition. - Essentially, the entire company is a pet project for the higher ups and acts as a bank account for their unethical exploits. - Excellent performance results in more work, more demands, and fewer opportunities for growth. - They burn a lot of bridges with their clients. - HR is soul-less. Much more than comparable companies.

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