Refinery29 reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(191 total reviews)

Philippe von Borries

35% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

Refinery29 has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 191 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Refinery29 employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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191 reviews
4.0
Oct 2, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

The product team genuinely fostered an environment of collaboration. We cared about each other. It was great to witness a company grow over the course of a few years.

Cons

The product team was completely isolated from the rest of the company (both spatially and politically) and held zero visibility or consideration to other more visible teams (i.e. the revenue, design, and editorial teams). Which in turn, made it very difficult to grow in the company. The appearances of their company philosophy were not really applied internally with other (minority) female employees. There is strong favoritism within the company, specifically with those closest to founding partners in editorial and creative.

1.0
Jul 3, 2020

Awful.

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Before working elsewhere I didn’t realize how bad it was.

Cons

Management has no clue. The content the ask writers to create is often misleading or uninformed.

3.0
Sep 6, 2018

The good and the bad...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Well known media brand. Company know's it's lane well. Highly creative team.

Cons

As a company on several rounds of financing already, the bottom line is being profitable. The tail wags the dog here. The team in place straddles the line between creative and $$$ really well. You will not make money here but you will get an education on digital media.

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