Friendly and practical - Production Editor Pagemasters Employee Review

4.0
14 Aug 2020
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Pros

Expectations are for speed combined with high professional standards and so you work in an environment where competency is high. Work from home is actively encouraged. Management is friendly and accessible, and encourages high degree of autonomy for those they deem capable of it.

Cons

Editorial work is fairly limited to newspapers, and in the current environment newspapers are not a reliable customer base. Work from home means a lack of Real contact With colleagues which can become very lonely and isolating over anything more than a short period. Wages were set quite a lot lower than the newspapers from which many of Pagemasters’ staff had come (after being made redundant at newspapers). It’s irksome working for employees to have to do the same jobs they had fora much lower rate, although lately this would likely not be the case as newspapers have similarly drastically lowered staff numbers and wages.

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4.0
17 Jul 2022
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Pros

entirely work from home flexibility in shifts

Cons

short staffing sometimes, pressure on other workers

5.0
28 Sept 2025
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Pros

Hearst desk- really enjoyed the work, fast-paced, learned a lot from my managers and colleagues. Nice combo of early career and semi-retired veteran journalists. Managers were understanding and approachable. Even though you're technically doing the same thing every shift, it felt like a new challenge every day

Cons

None really, i enjoyed my time there

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