Refinery29 reviews

Refinery29 can be a bit of a catty sorority, where bosses pick favorites based on how cool you look rather than how good your ideas are. The politics can be difficult to navigate for anyone who doesn't fit the mold, and I've seen really great folks get ostracized for that exact reason. For a company boasting their earning YoY in company wide meetings, it's really disheartening to see that pay and benefits are not growing equally. Salaries are not competitive. Employees are expected to be online 24/7, work late, work on vacation, etc. Work life balance is not existent. Almost every department has weak or abrasive, untrained mid-level to upper management. All of these factors contribute to an incredibly high turnover. All of my colleagues are actively looking for new jobs.

Lack of leadership. Code is a never ending mess that hasn't improve much over the last 2 years. Clique culture. Too many junior devs, not enough knowledgeable people. You won't get to work on cutting edge tech. Don't even think of bringing up flaws or issues, you'll make someone else have to do their job and you'll be the enemy. As long as you close tickets you're doing a good job, even if it's adding to the mess. Engineering is in fact the most underperforming department, but they have so much money no one notices. For some reason front-end people wont take jobs here. The good people leave after getting burnt out from trying to make a change.