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    Forbes Reviews

    Updated September 11, 2018
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    Michael S. (Mike) Perlis
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    • "Very little trust in upper management" (in 7 reviews)

    • "Lack of direction/stability on top of low pay" (in 5 reviews)

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    1. "Great company to work for!"

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      Former Employee - Marketing Manager in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Marketing Manager in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Forbes full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Everyone is hard working and driven!

      Cons

      None that I can think of

    2. "Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Forbes full-time

      Pros

      Enjoyed working with various teams.

      Cons

      Salary can be challenging.

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    3. Helpful (2)

      "Boss was a micromanager"

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      Former Employee - Event Manager in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Event Manager in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Forbes full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Access you get to plan events with amazing sponsors, high networth people, influencers and world changers

      Cons

      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.

      Advice to Management

      Allow employees the chance to move between departments once they get on board and realize their boss is crazy.

    4. Helpful (1)

      "Forbes"

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      Current Employee - Director
      Current Employee - Director

      I have been working at Forbes full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      People are friendly, and nice to work with.

      Cons

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

      Advice to Management

      No one works together, we are all silo'd

    5. "Great"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Forbes full-time

      Pros

      It's a fine place to work at

      Cons

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

    6. "Intern"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Forbes (Less than a year)

      Pros

      good work environment, nice colleagues

      Cons

      career path is unclear; few opportunities

    7. Helpful (1)

      "We did have a good product plan, but OMG, some of the managers"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Forbes full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      1. Good Office and Good benefits (Including dental, health care and vacation policy )
      2. Good Resume build for Internship and early in career life because it's a famous company
      3. Work-Life Balance

      Cons

      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?

      Advice to Management

      Find out why talented people are so disappointed to work here.

    8. "Had a good run, but regret the way things ended!"

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      Former Employee - Engineer
      Former Employee - Engineer
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Forbes full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Forbes has a great brand name in the market for its products and being at Forbes we were very proud of what we built and delivered.

      Cons

      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.

      Advice to Management

      Know your most valuable employees, treat them better, and work hard to retain the actual talent that runs the company.

    9. "manager"

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      Former Employee - Manager in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Manager in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Forbes full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      interesting, thought provoking corporate environment

      Cons

      company is clearly declining and will most likely be out of business within the next 10 years

      Advice to Management

      Go back to the future and hop on the internet wagon in a competent way.

    10. "Reporter"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Forbes full-time

      Pros

      Plenty of editorial opportunities and open-minded editors.

      Cons

      Ever evolving editorial and financial challenges seen at any similar media company.

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