Bustle reviews

3.4

41% would recommend to a friend

(175 total reviews)
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Bryan Goldberg

31% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Bustle has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 175 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bustle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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175 reviews
1.0
Sep 26, 2019

A mess, head to toe.

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Pros

The fastest sinking ship in media!

Cons

If you are reading this, run. Not only will you be overworked, but you will be underpaid. The rest of the world knows Bustle is a joke, and it is not worth your mental health to have them on your resume. There is zero room to grow, and zero mentorship. Every day you will watch your friends get fired, and wonder if you're next. I have several questions for management: -Why don't you hire POC? You tout inclusivity and yet I can count the number of non-white folks on one hand. (Many of which are in glorified janitorial positions...not in any kind of leadership). -Why do you keep buying up publications with ZERO plan with what to do with them? Literally from day-to-day basic operations down to employee care, there is no plan. Everyone is bitter, everyone is scared, and I've seen people crying at their desks because they're trying to do their job, but there's no clear system to communicate with internal teams, resulting in a very SLOW, painful, impossibly confusing process. -Why don't you invest in people that are trying to make things better? Everyone I knew who was working to change things for the better has been swiftly fired. Bustle is not sustainable, the current model is failing, and nobody wants to put aside their pride to find solutions. -Where is the creativity???? You cant lean on the "reach" number forever...there needs to be some creative thinking to win new business. -Why do you pretend to be feminist, when give power to racist, homophobic, fake woke leaders? Every day is gaslighting.

2.0
Jun 3, 2018

Sometimes good, but sloppy -- insular culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Offers some great opportunities for young writers and video professionals

Cons

Zero room for growth, insular culture that is clique-y and exclusive, some toxic managers

2.0
Jan 24, 2017

Office Manager

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Bustle is young and fun, and a lot of cool people work there

Cons

The CFO is really tough to work with. And they made it very clear that I was different because I was part time and not part of the "real" team.

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