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Northside Media Group

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Smoke and Mirrors - Anonymous employee Northside Media Group Employee Review

2.0
12 Feb 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company from the outside appears to be hip, cool, and prosperous—cool events, editorial properties, and more. 'Brooklyn' is synonymous with that. Management is generally not malicious, and does seem to be friendly with employees.

Cons

There is a lot of undercutting, and not a lot of transparency. The company could build on its great names and brands—it has a lot of respect around the industry, between the festival that has been gaining indie credit each year and the strongly-branded magazine. These properties, if built around properly, could build into something that is envious and respectable. Instead, all that the powers that be care about is selling ads, or sponsored content—which, fair, but any facade of editorial or creative integrity is clearly disingenuous.

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5.0
25 Dec 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great CEO and Founder. Family Owned but high scale operations.

Cons

Long Days during concert weeks

Northside Media Group Response
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Thanks for the positive review. It's been a crazy 24 months, through the acquisition from being a family-operated company to being part of a larger transition; then the bumps that came along with that new relationship; and then the re-acquisition of the company. Now that we're independently owned again, there are new challenges, but confident that we will get through these and make Northside a truly employee-first company, which is our utmost goal in this new iteration of the company. Thank you for the supportive review!
2.0
5 May 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Amazing young, talented and intelligent people, passionate about what they do and willing to go the extra mile to get it done. Properties have infinite potential. Made some of my best friends for life here. Lots of autonomy to do your job in the way you want to if you assert yourself.

Cons

Upper "management" has zero leadership skills, overworks and undervalues employees, high turnover, absolutely no work life balance. Expect to work 24/7 while making slave wages with no support whatsoever, and if you do well your superiors will pat themselves on the back, if you make a single error you'll be crucified. No system of checks and balances for anything. Completely disorganized start up in denial run entirely by children with no room for growth whatsoever and no mentorship from senior staff, in fact the younger people consistently have better ideas and a better grasp of the industry, and they more often than not ignored versus nurtured.

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