If you are a creative person with a soul, stay far far away - Anonymous employee Refinery29 Employee Review

1.0
Oct 27, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

N/A. honestly i cant think of any except for the name.

Cons

1- for being a 'feminist-forward' company how come you do not supply feminine products in the bathroom? Cereal and coffee in the kitchen are not perks. 2-there is no respect for an employee as an individual. Sure there are plenty of ideas that get thrown around but if you want to work in an environment where you steal photos from the internet to replicate or draw over for its fast turnover, then you've come to the right place. there is no time to actually conceptualize and they are chasing the cool and trendy even though they say they aren't. 3-the work life balance is nonexistent and if the management really cared about you, a good office environment would have enough perks to keep you around. bottom line is there are no perks and no work/life balance so why bother? 4-little to no reward. ok maybe you'll get your name called out in meetings once but that's it. 5-they reward the best looking/best dressed more than the talent.

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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.

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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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