Demand Media Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Demand Media full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Wonderful HR and Company Culture

Cons – Limited ability to move up.

Advice to Senior Management – Provide better advancement opportunities.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Demand Media as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Working alongside hardworking people who wanna make something out of the company.

Cons – Could do better in building their platform as an online media company.

Current Employee – been working at Demand Media full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great, smart people who are always willing to help
Ability to try new things and take chances
Flexible work schedules
Perks like free lunch Fridays, movie days, stocked kitchen, other intangibles that lead to a great quality of life

Cons – Sometimes disorganized
Could have better unification across groups

Advice to Senior Management – Let's find ways to work together across product groups to make our company even stronger!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Demand Media as a contractor for more than 3 years

Pros – First, I'm an independent contractor and not an employee -- there are significant differences between the two, as most people know. However, for purposes of this review, Glassdoor provides only two choices: current employee or former employee.

Flexibility and the ability to choose how many hours you want to work or how many hours you need to work are truly the greatest benefits of working with Demand. There's a tremendous amount of pride in producing content from which our readers will benefit. Plus, I was fortunate enough to be invited to do more work for the company -- other than writing.

Cons – I don't see any negatives to working for Demand. They're supportive, responsive and helpful whenever you need it. If anything is a "con" maybe it's the uncertainty of a relatively new, publicly traded company. However, its acquisition plans and assessments by those in the finance industry are encouraging.

Advice to Senior Management – Recognize talent when you see it and tap independent contractors for permanent roles, since we're familiar with the company's processes and goals.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Demand Media full-time

Pros – Growth Opportunity, ESPP, 401k Match, stock options

Cons – Lacking HR review & salary title/comp adjustment process in 2012. All indicators show 2013 will be a better year and that the company is listening to internal feedback.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Demand Media as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – -Pay. The pay was fair for the amount of work required
-Interesting Work. While some of the article choices were boring, there were often fun and interesting choices to take on

Cons – -Editors were not on the same page, causing confusion and frustration for the writers
-If you're a slow writer, you'll barely make above minimum wage

Advice to Senior Management – Get editors on the same page. I have known many writers that have decided to no longer write for your company because of the inconsistent demands of the editors.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Demand Media as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Time flexibility. Ability to claim yourself as a "published writer".

Cons – To research and properly write an article that will make it past the assigned editor, it will take several hours. Most of my articles (decent pace - I'm not slow), averaged me about $1-$2 per hour at best. Most "good" topics get taken once posted, so you waste time watching for opportunities. I tried an article that was supposed to make royalties if "sold" to other sites. I have actually seen it on several websites ...but so far I've been paid about $0.49 TOTAL and that was THREE years ago. It's basically digital content slave labor.

Advice to Senior Management – I'm embarrassed to put Demand on my resume. People have literally laughed.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Demand Media as a contractor for more than 3 years

Pros – Make your own schedule
Work from home

Cons – Did not make enough to keep working there.
Editors can be real jerks, sometimes they change and publish the work under your name without your consent. Not just small mistakes but sometimes they rewrite the entire body of work and publish it under YOUR NAME~ wish I would have used a pen name.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to the writers. Editors are not God!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Demand Media part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Set your own hours
High pay rate for each written and approved piece
Work from where you can connect to the Internet
Easy work

Cons – Work isn't always consistent
There are "droughts" of work that lead to decrease of income

Advice to Senior Management – Keep titles coming!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Demand Media as a contractor for more than 7 years

Pros – Work 24/7, pick your titles so you write what you are interested in and what you know You can work anytime day or night, save data and finish assignment later. You have one week to finish each assignment. You can go months without writing and not get dropped, as long as you produce quality articles. They pay twice a week for finished material that has been approved.

Cons – If you do not have much education you may have difficulty getting enough assignments to write. You have to be approved to write about topics. It took months to get approved for parenting because so many freelancers were eligible, but it only took less than an hour to get approved for accounting topics.

Advice to Senior Management – Please start offering more revenue share articles...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company