Pros
Interesting subject matter and many of the employees are incredibly talented and have become lifelong friends.
Cons
Cambrick Yard is not a “good place to start” your career unless you’re looking for a crash course in Toxic Work Environment 101. To put it succinctly, this is a place where you will receive increasingly higher workloads for no additional pay with nonstop moving performance goalposts. CY owns the popular Disney Food Blog and All Ears brands and the work culture is largely driven by results. This means that management’s ultimate goal is to get as many clicks/views as possible 24/7, which often comes at the detriment of the mental health and well-being of their employees. There is no such thing as a work/life balance with CY and most employees end up working 10+ hour days for below-market value pay with no breaks and unrealistic daily goals. Don’t even think about taking a lunch break or signing off before 7PM, even if you started your day at 8AM. You can expect to be micromanaged to the extent that you will be posting things like “be right back” in Slack in order to step away for a mere 5 minutes, lest you receive angry “Where are you and where is your [task]??” messages. A huge red flag is that performance reviews are not offered unless/until you request a raise. At that point, during my tenure, I was tasked with submitting an elaborate PowerPoint presentation detailing all my responsibilities and achievements -- that management would not even openly discuss with me. Other employees who asked for raises were issued (electronically, no in-person meetings here) a list of serious criticisms that had never been brought up prior and a "new challenge" for a higher (and even more unattainable) goal before management would deem them “deserving” of a raise. CY relies on their loyal DFB and All Ears fan base for consistent applicants who, like me, tell themselves that this is a “dream job,” but you are no more than a number or a click to them. Even if you prove yourself valuable and successful in your role, you are very, very replaceable, and they make this fact known. To be frank, I was thrilled to get a job with CY and I worked extremely hard with the intention to grow and develop there. In the end, I left disappointed when it became clear that they did not have the same intentions set for me.