Traumatic waste of time for creatives - Editor Red Ventures Employee Review

2.0
6 Dec 2022
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Pros

There are some teams where people seem to enjoy their jobs. Analysts and upper management are well paid and respected.

Cons

Every creative I know leaves this place with trauma. Bottom line, the company does not care about writers, editors, social strategists, and other creatives. It relies on our work, but the rest of the business sees us as nothing more than task rabbits, which is why morale among creative is so low. Constant micromanaging of creative from other teams is the norm, and leadership on creative allows it to happen because it’s a deeply rooted problem in RV culture. Analysts have never respected what we do, and it shows in how we’re treated — ideas shot down, talked down to in public, junior analysts bossing senior editors around, and general unprofessional nastiness. Those behaviors are incentivized among analysts. If you get hired as a writer/editor, expect daily “emergencies,” disrespect/micromanaging from other teams, zero mentorship or L&D, and constant restructuring. Oh, and now they are replacing many editorial jobs with an AI-powered tool.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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