Good SEO experience, but management and progression need improvement
Pros
- Good place to build hands-on SEO content experience - Exposure to different clients, industries, briefs, and content formats - Helpful for learning agency workflows, content systems, editing processes, and SEO expectations - Opportunity to improve research, structure, and content quality over time - Got to work with some amazing and highly talented people - Flexible working style, as you could manage your time as long as the work was completed
Cons
- Pay was low compared to the level of work, experience, and responsibility expected - Growth opportunities were limited and not always handled fairly - Office politics affected decisions around recognition, promotions, progression and access to opportunities - Some experienced team members could be overlooked even after years of consistent quality work - Content management was poor, especially around planning, quality control, writer support, and feedback - Feedback around progress was not always fair and at times felt biased rather than based on the actual quality of the work