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The Social Element

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1.0
19 Aug 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If this is just a part time job for some extra pocket money then it may be good for you - If you are doing this as a main job then I'd make sure you have a backup plan. If you happen to be related to somebody in company management then you are probably already being paid to do nothing anyway.

Cons

A few of the other non-faked reviews say the company is just infested with middle management who don't do anything and are just employed because they know somebody. This is very obvious as soon as you start working here and has just got worse. They don't care at all about their moderator staff welfare and everything they plant in the press and in good reviews is just complete fiction. They employ people who aren't in a position to complain and keep us in virtual terror of losing their job - Just this week we had a company wide email about hours that basically told us to stop talking among ourselves and shut up or else. It was probably the most patronising and rude email I have seen -- And in four years at this company I have seen a lot of them. None of the middle management know what they are doing so there is no point at all in complaining to anybody and the actual company setup is a complete joke. They spy on us, they are rude to us, they blackmail us with threats of taking hours off us if we complain and they sack people with no notice or reason at all. I very much doubt their employment practices are legal - The only time I ever explained what I did to a solicitor they said not at all but if you dare to complain you will lose your job. If I didn't desperately need the money I would be out of here.

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5.0
16 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

(I can only speak for the project I’m on) - Flexible hours - Quick to assist with requests for off time - Remote work - Little to no micromanaging - Can fall out for being sick as needed - Pay is about normal for entry level minimum wage jobs but the plus here is that you save on gas - You get health insurance at full time I can’t speak on how good or bad it is though.

Cons

- No PTO - Equipment not provided (I find this is 50/50 for remote jobs) - There seems to be quite a bit of competition for job postings within the company so you may or may not be sitting in one spot for some time.

4.0
30 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexibility, generous PTO for full-time employees, teams are generally respectful of PTO and look out for each other, camaraderie on the social team is high and people genuinely get along, which has a very positive impact on the clients as well. A lot of genuinely good people work here and care about the work and each other.

Cons

Raises and promotions move painfully slow, and pay is not accurate based on the distribution of the actual client work. Social team spends just as much time cleaning up the messes of other departments as they do actually working on their projects, but don't have anything close to the salaries of the people making the messes in the first place, and it feels like very little movement happens whenever serious concerns are raised.

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