A changed company; I could not have worked here before - werkgeversreview Product Manager bij Medium

5,0
28 mrt 2024
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The biggest thing to know about Medium is that in many ways, it's a completely different company than it was 5 years ago (or even 2 years ago). The current leadership runs the business in a drastically different way than founding leadership did. Speaking to employees who've been around for 5 or 10 years, the current iteration of the company is essentially a completely different org than it used to be. I would not have been successful in the previous iterations of the company, which was rife with pivots, last-minute canceled projects, ill-considered acquisitions, and black-box vibes. My favorite thing about working for Medium is the mission -- most folks at the company truly believe in the value of human-centric storytelling. Especially during a time of media & tech layoffs, it's inspiring to see such a mission-focused company doing well enough that they're actively hiring!

Minpunten

The company was 250 people at one time; now it's just 80. Resources are spread extremely thin, and a lot of very cool projects can't get done because there aren't enough people to do them. The company is still learning how to best function as a completely remote business, and sometimes there are issues with accountability at all levels. But leadership is wide open to feedback, and the culture is pretty great. Folks are empowered to speak up and feel heard.

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5,0
7 aug 2025
Anonieme werknemer
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Small teams, engineering driven Supportive, kind coworkers Fun offsites

Minpunten

Chaotic roadmaps with lack of focus and long term commitment

2,0
9 mrt 2025
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Previously a great community. Some good writers. Good UX.

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Huge pay cut January 2025, with 'hidden' reason (which was a decision to cut money to most writers). Nomination team and publication owners completely in the dark about decision to cut pay to writers Writers in the dark constantly emailing and asking what's going on. It was a horrible situation. Currently a mass exodus to Substack, with writers fed up and angry. Curation Team members are in the dark about how hard it is to be a nominator, but there's NO conversation between Curation Team and Nomination Team. One Curation team member was in the Medium Slack channel and was very defensive of the Medium team. Curation Team gets paid for their work. Nomination Team and pub editors may not get paid, but will work anyway and put work forward to try to get it boosted. Pub editors are doing a lot of free work and resentful. Culture of 'secrecy' and hierarchy is unhealthy. Why aren't the contract employees doing boost nomination invited to participate at offsites? Always feel like Medium is looking for ways to take any money away from writers they can. Medium may have a vision, but if they do, they aren't sharing it. It feels like an exclusive club and an us vs. them culture. Writers on Medium are not valued now. Some writers using AI have been paid thousands of dollars and chosen for features in the Staff Picks. Pubs are currently losing strength, and pub owners are disheartened and miserable.

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