Essence Communications Reviews

Essence Communications Inc. is a complete joke, run by the most incompetent “leaders” only looking out for their own good and pockets. At the beginning of the year, the company had mass layoffs making the working environment stressful with very few resources. Then there was the scandal of take back ESSENCE that happened this summer and the “internal investigation” that was really only a PR cover-up. Fast forward to the current furloughs. Totally irresponsible. We worked our butts off during the virtual Essence Fest while leadership knew this was coming. Early measures could have saved people’s jobs and allowed employees to receive pandemic assistance. This magazine is going to fold and it is extremely sad to see. What once was a dream job turned into a nightmare. Best of luck to the 5 people who remain on staff.

Sadly, this was one of the hardest jobs I've ever had, mostly because of the internal messiness. I wanted to love it and tried to hype myself up every morning before work -- but it was just so hard. SO much drama, internal bickering, lack of professional boundaries, very hard to trust folks bc of so much division and secretive behaviors. It may be better now, but it was a crazy experience that required some therapy to overcome, mentally.