Aceville Publications Reviews

Pros

Made some good friends here. Gained good experience for CV. Not bad as a first job but wouldn't recommend staying long.

Cons

Poor management. Staff are treated like numbers, not people. No flexibility. No CPD - no interest in helping staff to improve or progress. Toxic culture. Workload unreasonably high (when I interviewed for the job I left for, the interviewer even commented on what a huge amount of work/responsibility I seemed to have). There are definite favourites. Very little support from management when needed. No car parking despite not being near much. No appreciation that employees have lives outside of work and need to go to doctors appointments, may be two minutes late due to traffic, etc. Very low pay.

Pros

Great opportunities for entry level roles or grads as you can learn a lot. I made a lot of fantastic friends here and had the chance to work on a range of magazines

Cons

Low pay and no review to change such which I found demotivating. No car parking or subsidised parking allowance. Not much room for growth. Would only recommend staying here for 2 years tops.

Pros

You work with good people, the office is sociable, the platform is a good training ground for experience (wouldn't bother with more than 2 years here)

Cons

Salary is under industry average, condescending managers/micromanagement, lack of space to progress in career, no strong prospects for future, business often makes internal decisions that jeopardize your earning potential (i.e expand when not needed), inequality within the room is quite common - there will be those 'golden' members of staff that are rewarded more than others even if their KPI's aren't met, lack of CPD (growth is stagnant)

Pros

Easy Location to get to

Cons

Extreme micromanagement, miss sold job roles, and a very clicky existing staff

Pros

Leaving the company before it got worse

Cons

Extreme micromanagement by unqualified staff Most prolific bullying culture ever experienced Lack of training Innovation is suppressed by management Missold job roles Very low wages and no benefits to make up for the poor company culture