Avantages
- The job experience will look good on your resume - There used to be kittens and raccoons running around in the office building. Some would say this was a negative, but it provided for some good entertainment in an otherwise dreary work setting. There was also mushrooms growing in the bathroom once. Again, very entertaining.
Inconvénients
Leaving Ripley PR was the best thing that has happened to my career. I'm finally able to do QUALITY work for businesses and be independent enough to excel rather than be held back by primitive thinking and micromanagement. - This company is always hiring. Why? Not because they are growing, but because the turnover rate is so high. Also, the CEO requests that jobs always be posted to make it look like they are "growing". - You will overwork yourself for minimal pay. I worked an average of 60 hours a week, arriving at the office by 7:00 AM and leaving around 6:00 PM, not to mention the hours I worked from home. - There is no flexibility for employees, even though you are salary. I once had to provide a note from my dentist when I arrived 30 minutes late after an appointment like I was an elementary school child. In fact, it is a "reward" on the company's current "wheel" that they get to come in an hour late. This should be a red flag. This is not a reward. It's a standard practice for grown adults working in salaried positions. - The work you do is average at best. It is like herding cattle. Just write a blog or press release to fill the client's requirements and move on to the next. No creativity. - I am actually mortified at the social media and PR work I did while working for this company. Since my departure, I now know what REAL social media marketing and public relations is and feel like I need to apologize to former clients for listening to the CEO's "expertise". - The CEO is unpredictable and forgets what she tells employees to do or not to do, then she gets mad at them for following her instructions because she can't remember what her instructions were in the first place. - The CEO gossips heavily. She will take employees into her office and gossip about other employees to boost that specific employee's loyalty. - You will write all the articles and blogs under the CEO's name. I'm not really sure ghost writing is necessary unless you're actually well-renowned. - There's more meetings about how to make the company look like they are trendy and fun rather than actually CHANGE.