Cosmopolitan Magazine Reviews

Pros

Cool! I loved it, literal dream

Cons

None! It was really great

Pros

They do have an incredible creative cultivation. Their high bar for design as an ambitious brand is a great place for young designers to learn how to create great things under pressure. Raises the level of nonsense you are able to deal with in an office environment. If you read cosmo and fit into that culture, you will most likely enjoy your time working there. It is a great place for a very specific culture of people...

Cons

Abusive supervisors (gas-lighting, verbally abusive, bullying, general cattiness). Managers are hired internally based on how good they are at ingratiating themselves to the Chief Editor and not based on actual experience managing a team or dealing with the skill-sets of said team. There is absolutely no director of operations so almost all of the computers are at least 1-2 years out dated, which can have a huge effect...

Advice to Management

Hire a director of operations, or at least someone to manage your tech equipment. Expecting designers to work off their personal laptops/un-updated equipment for more than a month is not only a ridiculous expectation of a multi-national publication, but a security risk to the company that it is owned by. Get rid of the abusive supervisors who use their subordinates as a receptacle for their frustration. To work somewhere...

Pros

If you get a National title to work with, the talent level is top notch

Cons

Don't expect too much appreciation from corporate for your efforts.

Pros

Really great group of women and men who are more than willing to impart knowledge, fast-paced environment

Cons

A lot of changes were happening in upper management during my time

Pros

You learn a lot about the industry very quickly because you have to to survive. You get to see the inside workings of how a magazine is run.

Cons

If you are in a lower level position you are treated terribly. No one acknowledges your work and you will always be the first in last out. 75 hour work weeks are normal. You will be told to just figure it out, and have impossible expectations to meet.

Advice to Management

Acknowledge the good things people are doing, and make sure the work load is being distributed appropriately.

Pros

It's an incredible collection of talented, smart women.

Cons

As soon as traffic dropped (through no fault of anyone's), it became a very difficult place to work.

Pros

Loved the team, environment, perks, pay.

Cons

no cons, love this job

Pros

-great experience -friendly people -let you work on set

Cons

-long hours -lots of runs -some times you aren't reimbursed owed transportation costs

Pros

Flexible hours with school, friendly people and gorgeous, girly space downtown Manhattan.

Cons

Was pretty much assigned to doing errands, make banners, and simple graphics for instagram. But seeing how I was an unpaid design intern, I wasn't required much to do.

Advice to Management

Assign more hands on tasks to your interns instead of the leftovers. Interning is about a learning experience, not doing scraps.

Pros

The company culture is amazing. Everyone is so nice, and there are always different fun things going on in the office.

Cons

Sometimes as an intern, there aren't a ton of tasks to do, so learning to fill your free time is necessary.