Pros
- Some good benefits like a "winter week" you get off between Christmas and New Year's.
- Generous PTO of 20 days per year right off the start, and you don't need to accrue it to use it.
- good work-life balance.
Kontras
- Some offices like NYC and San Francisco have higher salary because of a higher cost of living. I came from a similarly expensive city and asked for a cost of living adjustment. They said: Want more money? Get promoted.
- The only thing any leader in this business cares about is money, even when it slightly erodes editorial independence.
- Bankrate doesn't feel like a newsroom but a corporate assembly line.
- There were quotas via "story points" that the editorial team had to answer for every month to the business team in front of other teams. We would get admonished if we didn't meet those quotas, even with good reason, like people needing sick time.
- No career growth. Red Ventures expects you to do a job or two above you before they even *consider* promoting you, and even then it's not a guarantee. I saw some people go above and beyond just to get laid off or be stuck in the same position for years.
- The big bucks the publication makes doesn't trickle down to the editorial team, meanwhile other teams get bonuses or other compensation.
- Also there is NO diversity