Forbes Reviews

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I cannot think of any major detractors.

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The business has been under painful pressure for a decade, skidding from one bad PE ownership structure to another. This has created a lot of problems as the numbers never, ever match up with the projected expectations of the pitchbooks during the sales. It's a never-ending scramble for User growth, page views, ad impressions, slideshows, and on and on. It will never end. That's the reality of the industry, and Forbes, with no larger organization to lean on for help, has been hit harder than most.

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Doesn't pay too well, not a fan of company culture

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Salary can be challenging.

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My boss was a total micromanager and she has been there for decades. If you're not working in sales or editorial then the company culture is super old school, especially in the events department. Very little room for growth and mentorship in her department. Base pay is very low and small raises come every 2 years or so.

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Management is a mess and some employees are not held accountable for their work as much as the rest of us.

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Could pay more but it's a media company after all

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career path is unclear; few opportunities

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1. The salary is literally half of the average.
2. The biggest problem in the company is "the managers". Yes, with "s". They are not professional enough to handle their jobs.

Some managers can only be able to mention worthless points in the emails, in order to get attention and try to not be outshined by their subordinates.

Some managers can't understand the products' logic well enough even they have already been reminded couple times before.

The lack of the communication between managers causes that some tickets are going to release, and then being pushed back because other groups find the ticket mess up their products. And even a new product is almost done, people finally find that there is no stakeholder for it, because every manager thinks "there should be someone...".

We did have a good product plan and we almost made it. We did have some managers who help us to get over the problems and get the work done.

But why do so many talented people left in these six months?

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Lately, and right after, the management takeover and shifts from being more product owned and driven than tech, left a huge impact on each individual.
People with no relevant expertise and experience were brought on-board and that has proved to be a huge failure in how everything functions now.
Intern programs were less efficient ( even when we had a great conversion ratio of interns being on boarded with full time opportunities)
Felt like everything was fake and hidden and no matter how hard you work, you’ll be glorified only if you nodded to everything the management wanted, else be prepared to be sacked if you voice against there agendas.