Pros
Working at Daily Kos used to feel so good, even when the news was horrible. The comp and benefits were great, the management took the time to understand their team members, and the work felt meaningful and important. The company culture was unlike any that most of us had experienced before joining Daily Kos, compassionate, fun, and focused on effecting positive change. That all changed over the last few years, when a few narcissistic new hires making huge salaries created a C-suite in their own image, and began systematically destroying the company.
Cons
A few toxic narcissists joined top leadership a few years ago and appointed themselves "chief officer" of this sector or that one. This vanity C-suite spent a couple years laying off most of the union members and constantly announcing new goals and strategies—before going silent on both. In addition to laying off scores of people, they pushed out nearly a dozen more. Rather than replacing the people the get rid of, the C-suite just makes other people, typically union employees, take on more work without an increase in pay. They get away with it because they crafted overly broad official job descriptions for each role years ago. Overextending everybody has led to a drastic reduction in quality of work and a huge increase in employees dreading their workday. Longtime employees feel trapped—not just because of the instability of the media industry writ large, but because of the amazing benefits and decent cash compensation combined with working from home. Tellingly, new employees that stick around more than a year or so are increasingly rare. I am currently interviewing for other jobs. Can't wait to tell the "chief" of my department how I really feel and leave this place behind. It really was a great place to work once upon a time, but those days are long gone.