Zero stars wasn't an option - Content Writer Backland Media Employee Review

When the day is over.

Backland Media, the so called "kings" of social media, but in reality - they know nothing. When applying for a job here you will be promised all sorts, when in reality, you're lucky to even have any sort of job security. When times are tough, you can say goodbye to your job. Rent to pay? Bills to pay? They don't care, they only look after themselves (unless you're engaged to someone high up in the company, then you don't need to even do any work) The so called "100 million reach weekly" they love to brag about is also a lie. During my time here the reach struggled to ever get to 30 million and for a page with 11 million likes - this is embarrassing. The company are running the page into the ground, posting jokes from 2009 that your grandma would forward to you in an email and posting clickbaity articles that no one wants to read. Oh and they're always looking for ways to get money from the fans, which has a 100% fail rate. The company is family run and quite frankly, if you're not part of the family... you're not important. The place is like the hunger games, it's a fight to keep your job, and the ones who are fighting the hardest are the ones not in the family as they're the only ones who actually do any work.

The office was quite nice. There was an extra bathroom you could use whenever one of the managers clogged the main one. Oh, and there was also a kettle you could use.

Honestly a lot of the reviews left by previous employees have been quite tame in the reality of working at this ‘company’. It’s also been brought to my attention that this ‘company’ has apparently tried reporting and taking down reviews. If that doesn’t tell you what kind of place this is, then hopefully this will. This company tried really hard to look like a successful business and will lure you in with their 11 million audience, when the reality is they struggle getting a decent audience reach on their content. If you’re not related to them you’re not thought of as a member of staff, you’re simply an underling. When the going gets tough they will fire the employees who actually work and do things for the company and keep the family members who are only there to Give them something to do (surprising when you consider how often they wouldn’t do anything). You were also expected to work at the weekends with little to no notice. In short, this was a rubbish place to work purely because of the people who run it.