Pros
- Least stressful work environment I have ever worked in -Starting salary is decent (if you negotiate) and progresses quite quickly if you make promotions which are pretty readily attainable for most teams -Late start in editorial and good finishing time - Quite a lot of opportunity to work independently without being restricted by managers, although this is boss dependant - Generally in control of your own day - Pretty much all the staff are very friendly and supportive of one another - Good opportunities to swap between teams although this process could do with being fast tracked - New COO is making a big effort to chat to everyone and learn their names regardless of position which makes junior staff feel like senior staff care - Big effort to try and create career pathways so people know how to develop at the company
Cons
- Very monotonous work at times, particularly when daily reporting - Managing contacts can be very hard work, you essentially have to beg market participants on a daily/weekly basis to give you information for free so you can repackage it and sell it back to them in the form of a report - A lot of the bright young staff leave pretty quickly, which unfortunately means a lot of the deadwood get into more senior positions - Bit of a limit how far you can go at the company. Different job titles in editorial don't differentiate what you do. My workload and expectations were the same during my probation as when I am senior - I do exactly the same thing