Patch Reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(254 total reviews)

Warren St. John

57% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Patch has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 254 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Patch employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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254 reviews
1.0
10 Feb 2018

Volatile and Divisive Management–Hale Patch

Recommend
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Pros

A great goal with great reporters and editors who are unfortunately undervalued.

Cons

The expectation is to work seven days a week at all hours of the day without a raise for years especially if you're not in HQ. This might be defendable if these hours were dedicated to actual journalism instead of clickbait. The main feedback you receive is reserved for not meeting PV goals. More upsetting is the childish antics of those at the highest level of management who engage in high school-esque politics and at times down-right inappropriate behavior. Promotions and layoffs are determined by favoritism which creates a culture of paranoia and backstabbing. Furthermore those with no journalism background should not be in charge of making decisions in that purview. The constant interference and shifting directives from the CEO stifles work and progress. Continued layoffs and egregious work/life balance placed on writers is what makes the company "profitable" if that's even true. Lip service of how "wonderful" company culture is does not make up for the way management treats its employees, which appears to be the strategy of the CEO and other management.

2.0
7 Aug 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture overall People care Opportunity for some growth

Cons

Company restructured again and let good people go. The leadership seems unsure what the company should be and they keep trying new things on repeat. Changing direction and it feels like throwing stuff at a wall to see what sticks. They are willing to let good people go rather than focusing on a vision. Reacting rather than creating. Don’t see the company lasting much longer.

3.0
2 Mar 2019

My unbiased review

Recommend
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Pros

Your job is remote and you essentially get to make your own schedule. If you get the page views, nobody cares how you get them. You can do original reporting, but it's not expected or encouraged of you to do so. If you have no desire to improve or develop as a reporter and just want to exist in this career field, this is the place for you. You can probably work up to two hours a day and get away with it if you're good enough. Pay is better than working at a print publication, but you're not going to buy a house with this salary. The health care plan is good.

Cons

There is no communication, editorial advice or any sort of professional growth to be had here unless you are extremely internally motivated. You will not feel fulfilled in this position unless, like I said earlier, you have no career ambition. There is very little room to grow unless you are part of the "boys club" of upper management. I received one raise only because I asked for it. I was given plenty of new responsibilities over the years, but none of them came with a pay increase. If you are desperate for a reporting job and just want experience in this field, beware: you can end up getting stuck here for several years. There is no 401K matching.

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