Lovely colleagues, bad management - Product Manager dmg media Employee Review

2.0
25 Nov 2024
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Pros

The staff at dmg media are generally very nice and are doing their best

Cons

Nepotism is rife. The owner hires his friends, children of his friends, or friends of his children. This means you often have someone very unqualified in their role telling you what to do. The culture has become very toxic. If you disagree with management, you suffer for it. This means very qualified and smart people have started choosing not to push back, or if they do, they tend to get ignored anyway and replaced with agencies and consultants who are friends of the owner. Lots of very unhappy staff and a lot of people leaving.

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5.0
10 Aug 2018
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Pros

Health insurance and taxis when you finish a shift

Cons

High pressure - as with any newsroom

2.0
19 Jan 2017
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Pros

Better pay than a lot of freelance jobs Can choose your shifts No one bugs you after hours

Cons

if you're in the NYC office, prepare to listen to Martin Clarke, the publisher, have a screaming toddler fit at the employees. He mostly does it to the British employees, I guess because they are stuck there on a work visa and can't walk out the door. I've never seen such employee abuse. This, naturally, doesn't make for a cheery office, and most of the editors are glum-faced and inapproachable. The hours can be pretty brutal - a nine hour regular day, no one seems to take a lunch (more of a cultural thing than a mandate), and you often stay late (again more of a cultural thing than a mandate, I seemed to get out on time). There doesn't seem to be any way of rising within the company from the reporters ranks - editors are usually brought in from the UK. There is enormous turnover with most people barely lasting a year. Little to no opportunity to do actual reporting.

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