Great environment - Anonymous employee Refinery29 Employee Review

5.0
Nov 11, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

R29 creates an environment that fosters individuality, inclusion, productivity and pride in your work. I've never worked somewhere that cares so much about it's employees and you can see that in the company wide emails, Slack channels etc but also the way we move about the building and interact with one another. Not a place where you have to deal with social cliques and feeling alienated -- I feel like I am encouraged to be my authentic self; R29 is all about celebrating that and it definitely carries over to their work culture.

Cons

The snacks are too delicious I can't stop eating

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Refinery29 was training day, every day. The pace and creative expectations forced you to sharpen fast. I cut my teeth here over four years and came out a fundamentally better strategist. The work was culturally plugged in, the people were sharp, and you were trusted with real responsibility early. If you wanted to learn how brand, content, and audience intersect at speed, there was no better place.

Cons

The intensity that makes it a great training ground also means the environment runs hot. Not everyone thrives in that — and depending on your team, support structures varied. The company went through a lot of change during my time, which created some instability.

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