Good place to start, but not a place to make a career - Blog & Content Writer ContentLEAD Employee Review

3.0
2 Feb 2014
Recommend
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Pros

A very young and friendly environment. I often saw my co workers outside of work, which meant going to work much more bearable. Beer in the office regularly, and I could work from home almost whenever I wanted, and as long as I got everything done I was able to make my own schedule. It also was a great place to start a career -- the SEO experience I received has come up in almost every job interview I had after, and I feel confident it will continue to help me.

Cons

Much more about quantity than quality in my writing. The more we were expected to write, the more it felt like plagiarism instead of our own ideas, even if it technically wasn't. The pay was not enough to live in Boston, and I felt like if I freelanced I could make much more. Also, beer in the office is fun, but can make non-drinkers feel out of place and excluded.

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5.0
5 Dec 2014
Recommend
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Pros

- Investment from upper management in your career advancement - Company pays for Google Analytics certification - Amazing/fun company culture - Get to know you hours sponsored by the company - Supportive co-workers - Collaborative environment - WFH flexibility - Opinions heard by upper management - Great work-life balance - Process and procedure is well defined for all internal steps

Cons

- Busy schedules - Can have a lot on your plate at times

2.0
19 July 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent coworkers. Kind of like the camaraderie you feel with fellow hostages or the occupants of a sinking ship -- you don't know each other too well, but you're all in it together. Upward mobility. Easy to move up in the company if you're willing to work a lot more for the same amount of money.

Cons

They don't know how to treat their employees. Everyone is laughably underpaid, but expected to work longer hours and be more productive than other employees making the same salary. Writers are driven to near insanity, churning out content that it often rejected by clients. I've seen writers have breakdowns. Vacation hours accrue at a minuscule rate. If you save up all year to have the maximum number of days available in January or February, so that you can take more than one or two vacation days, your boss will suddenly be unable to approve your leave. They have no concept of work/life balance, and burden everyone with workloads that mean you must take your work home and work through weekends. You will never be paid overtime or offered any compensation for working past closing time. I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone but my worst enemy. It's a test of mental strength working here. Anyone who can get past a year is amazing. But people who stick it out past that strike me as odd -- after a year of working like a beaver you could definitely find a position with better pay and much better benefits. So why are you still stuck at CL in an entry level position?

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