Front end developer at Refinery29 - Anonymous employee Refinery29 Employee Review

4.0
Feb 19, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working there at a time when the company was small allowed me to grow and work in the ways that were most compelling to me, with a large amount of autonomy.

Cons

At the time I was there, there wasn't mandated review cycles or code review, so there were some things that I could've grown in that I didn't have a chance to, like leadership, code skills, and product skills.

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Cons

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Pros

Refinery29 was training day, every day. The pace and creative expectations forced you to sharpen fast. I cut my teeth here over four years and came out a fundamentally better strategist. The work was culturally plugged in, the people were sharp, and you were trusted with real responsibility early. If you wanted to learn how brand, content, and audience intersect at speed, there was no better place.

Cons

The intensity that makes it a great training ground also means the environment runs hot. Not everyone thrives in that — and depending on your team, support structures varied. The company went through a lot of change during my time, which created some instability.

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