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
2.0
Apr 13, 2016

Learn What Not to Do

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Lots of sunlight - Dog-friendly office - Office decor makes it feel inviting - Some individuals are willing to make positive change - Great HR department - Occasional in-office massages - Quarterly beauty sales - Regular Thursday happy hours - Work from home policy is loose - Impressive brand name, exposure, and designs - There are so many failures that happen on a regular basis, that you'll learn what not to do very quickly

Cons

- The few good managers there are have to fight very, very hard to get their employees the pay and budget they need to succeed - Junior people moved to management without the proper training or fostered environment to succeed - Very clicky culture, makes it difficult for new hires to fit in, gain momentum, or feel empowered - Women not supportive of other women, personal politics is the norm (very unfortunate for a company that preaches women supporting women) - When it comes to practicing values, they can talk it but can't walk it - Hiring process has no skill assessment for individuals, leading to large groups of unexperienced staff - 401k matching is not very good - Low pay - If you want to get something done, expect to get no sleep - Secret culture of disempowerment - you have to attend every meeting to make a good impression, otherwise you'll suffer the fear of others holding it against you - There are so many failures that happen on a regular basis, that you'll learn what not to do very quickly

2.0
Mar 3, 2016

So many issues here...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing, smart, fun coworkers Decent hours

Cons

Major, major growing pains. The CEO's are delusional. They have no idea what the company needs and are so out of touch with all of the employees. They don't even know 95% of people's names because they just don't care.

4.0
Feb 29, 2016

short time there but loved it

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

fast paced, talented and dedicated team

Cons

growing pains but it's better than not growing

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