Ended with sour taste - Social Content Producer Are Media Employee Review

2.0
22 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Exposure to great brands, lovely colleagues, autonomy in work. Was great when could wfh more.

Cons

Management have gone backwards on flexibility, not supportive of families, low pay, poor collaboration and communication across teams, environment has a large sense of panic, pressure is on because money coming from advertisers is tight. After resignation communication became cold and lacking

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2.0
14 June 2026
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Pros

You’ll learn the full magazine production cycle fast because you’ll be the one doing it all.

Cons

Straight out of the old Bauer NZ playbook. Management will tell you print isn’t dying with a completely straight face, then would never buy a magazine themselves, digital gets lip service (so clients think they understand the web!) and zero investment. Editorial is treated as disposable, work them hard, pay them little, while sales gets the red carpet, and don’t expect that imbalance to be acknowledged. On top of it, editorial staff are made to feel lucky just to be there, like it’s still the early 2000s glossy magazine fantasy.. No one’s aspiring to print jobs anymore, the industry moved on, so stop dressing up underpayment as a privilege!

2.0
10 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The Director of Sales is great, sadly is steering a very broken ship

Cons

The CEO was an exceptional speaker, however lacked ability to follow through with action.

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