Amazing coworkers, but draining job = high turnover - Anonymous employee The ABIS Group Employee Review

2.0
3 May 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great snacks when you're in the office, plus the option to telecommute once you're fully trained. The team is amazing, young and very bright. It's also a solid job in an uncertain industry. The company's growing pretty steadily and I was never concerned about layoffs.

Cons

ABIS squeezes everything it can out of employees and leaves them dry. New employees work a split shift during the morning & at night that is designed to last a few months, but understaffing meant that the split shift lasted a year or year and a half for some. The 6:30 or earlier start time can be tough, especially since most people commute into the office from Chicago. Little to no upward mobility once you're a senior editor. The company was understaffed almost every year I was there, and consistently had trouble hiring enough people to keep up with high turnover. A lot of people were very unhappy and overworked. In a more journalistic sense there's no original reporting or designing, since they use a premade newsletter template. You only rehash existing news in a rather mindless way, never interact with readers/clients, and don't do any interviewing. It's pretty different if you're a traditional journalist.

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5.0
18 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Friendly community - Great work-life balance - Flexible schedule/can work remotely when needed

Cons

- Depending on which team you're in, hours might differ (News team typically has an earlier schedule)

4.0
9 Jan 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Work from home, really nice and involved CEO, great training, great benefits

Cons

While I love working from home, it is a little difficult to talk to your coworkers and get to know them. Also, I don't really know if there are raises at this job/when or who to ask for them

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