Hubpages will milk you dry and give you almost nothing for it - Anonymous employee HubPages Employee Review

1.0
30 Dec 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Kind and cool coworkers. That's it.

Cons

Upper management doesn't seem to understand the importance of making their employees feel valued. I applied for this job thinking I would be a copy editor. Little did I know, I would be required to do research on topics I'm not familiar with and write content for said topics. No additional compensation was offered, and I had no choice in the matter. I have also heard other employees say that upper management is notorious for asking their employees to do projects that are not part of their job description. They act really nice to get you to do things, but they're just using you. Don't fall for it! Editors are also capped at $20, so there is no point in doing more work for them/proving yourself, and they don't care if you leave. They just try to milk as much work out of you as they can while you're still here. Morale is extremely low and editors do whatever they can to make their hours but don't care about the quality of their work, how fast they go, or whether or not they meet the company's quotas.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
5 Mar 2021
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Pros

- Really great coworkers - Flexible hours - Good if you don't want any major responsibility

Cons

- Management doesn't want to hear about your ideas—if you question anything or suggest how to make things better, you will be shot down. They will get defensive about anything that isn't working well. - HubPages is trying to be like Medium or any other fancy publisher, but they aren't. It is ruining the authenticity and original charm of the platform. It's supposed to be for "everyday experts." - Raises are few and far between. And if you ever want to make over $20 as an editor, look elsewhere. Don't let them bully you into thinking you should want to do more tasks without being compensated for them. You are worth more than that. - Everything you do is tracked. For tasks that aren't tracked on the internal system, you must keep a list of them and how long they took. That being said, it seems like it has been very easy for people to get away with doing nothing. - Management treats the team like children. No hard conversations. No minimum expectations. Everyone gets the same raise and the same bonus to prevent "unfairness." - Very high turnover. Especially during the pandemic. No attempts to make the situation any better or more comfortable. - Doesn't want to invest in the company's future—only if there will be immediate results.

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