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1.0
30 Oct 2015

Horrible job for anybody

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Pros

boogie nights was filmed 2 blocks away

Cons

awful and sometimes creepy management. half of the staff is the publisher's family, who are worthless layabouts, including one woman who lets her mangy dogs run around. there is zero incentive to get ahead, apart from not being shouted at by someone whose grasp on reality is slipping fast. the people on the biz dev end are clueless, often forgetting which accounts are which. the editorial staff seems to be content with churning out utter garbage. the boss himself is a cranky, stingy octogenarian who should've retired years ago & is not open to other POVs. if you follow his directions to a T, he'll turn on you and say that you "really missed the boat" on this or that project. essentially, he belongs in a hospital, not managing a suicidally drab office in the valley. the pay was terrible. there seems to be a high turnover for the writing position. if you're delusional or brain-damaged in any way, this job might be for you. if you have any sense of self-worth, you will not work here.

1.0
15 Dec 2014
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Pros

Easy to get employed by the company. You can gain magazine experience and see your name in print. If you have any interest in the landscaping industry, you also may incidentally learn about it through working there.

Cons

The owner is, to put it bluntly, a tyrant. He yells and curses at the entire staff on a daily basis. He'll complain about things that he won't warn you about beforehand. Indeed, he'll yell at you for doing what he says because he decided later on (again, without telling you) that he doesn't want it like that. Whenever I asked what he wanted, he'd either rudely blow me off or speak in vague, abstract terms. Most of the staff there either leave or get fired within a few months for a reason. The pay is also very low and the atmosphere tense and dominated by fear as a result.

1.0
25 July 2013
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Pros

There are lots of opportunities for accruing B2B writing and editing experience, depending on the owner's whimsy; that is to say, he'll sell the job to you in the interview stage as "writing-intensive," but on the job give you work that doesn't require any writing, only research and "re-writing." If you _are_ given the opportunity to do some writing, however, you'll probably actually get to see your name in print, which is a plus. In short, it's an okay opportunity if you're fresh out of college, or in college looking for part-time work -- that is, however, if you're willing to tolerate the job's cons, listed below.

Cons

This company is a mess. I was hired and fired in less than two months. I did some research and it looks like the longest duration anyone has spent in the Editorial Assistant position is less than six months, which gives you an idea of how inhospitable the work environment is. The owner yells and curses every day. I literally heard him say "F*** you" to one of the sales guys on a regular basis. He yells at you when you do what he doesn't want, but equivocates when explaining what he does want. I have a suspicion that he actually enjoys firing people. Like the other poster said, he knows what he's doing in that he's been successfully serving the landscape and irrigation niche for a while, but the guy is sadistic, frankly. Oh, and never disagree with the owner. I witnessed someone get fired for that.

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