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Cosmopolitan Magazine

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Work here, but be prepared for the abuse. - Designer Cosmopolitan Magazine Employee Review

1.0
29 Mar 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They do have an incredible creative cultivation. Their high bar for design as an ambitious brand is a great place for young designers to learn how to create great things under pressure. Raises the level of nonsense you are able to deal with in an office environment. If you read cosmo and fit into that culture, you will most likely enjoy your time working there. It is a great place for a very specific culture of people to thrive.

Cons

Abusive supervisors (gas-lighting, verbally abusive, bullying, general cattiness). Managers are hired internally based on how good they are at ingratiating themselves to the Chief Editor and not based on actual experience managing a team or dealing with the skill-sets of said team. There is absolutely no director of operations so almost all of the computers are at least 1-2 years out dated, which can have a huge effect on employees who have to work with incredible speed.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

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