Uninspiring, pay not remotely competitive - Reporter/Content Writer Centellic Employee Review

Pay for most reporters is below the London Living Wage and there are limited growth opportunities. They are currently undergoing lots of redundancies. They have hired a lot of people to come in with dubious job titles who are aimlessly obsessed with AI and approaching strategy in a very confusing way. The rest of the company seems pretty happy but the editorial department suffers a serious lack of energy, ideas, and management talent. The publications write for a highly-specialised audience and want 'experts' but exclusively hire graduates on paltry wages. It's tolerable for a short period or to get a foot in the door, but it's not a proper newsroom and there's no real commitment to journalism. It's a private equity-backed company which has just undergone a merger with a similar US company, so its interests are 100% corporate. Unfortunately over the past year there has been more and more AI slop and poor quality work. Not the journalists' fault, it's what management has pushed. Would not recommend.