The Cinemaholic "Work Life Balance" Reviews

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First of all, as a senior writer/editor who has worked with Cinemaholic for 4 years, I can vouch for how supportive Gautam has been since day 1. It's disturbing to see some of the reviews posted here, because they couldn't be further from the truth. Any writer who is honest and hard-working will get to learn and grow within the team, as did I. But if you are dishonest and lazy, Cinemaholic is not the place for you. Many of the negative reviews written here are from the writers who were fired for plagiarizing....Read More

Dislikes

Long hours on Fridays!

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

1. There is a lot to learn. You will be doing a lot of research work, so ultimately, it will help improve your skills. 2. The editors give detailed and direct feedback, which makes it easier to make changes. Also, the team is supportive. Whenever I needed some help with the article, be it for research or writing style, every memberwas happy to help out. 3. Always received the salary on time. (Although I only worked here for a few months, so can't say this for sure) 4. The work is fun and engaging. 5. If, for some reason, I wasn't able to finish the articles on time, the editor and the CEO were understanding....Read More

Dislikes

1. The worst thing that I found about working at TheCinemaholic was the pay cut. They have a points-based system. So, the more editing work they do on your article, the more points will be cut. They start with a bar system that starts from 110 and then they keep deducting the points. Once you reach 90, they will deduct 10% of your salary (the exact scale might have changed now). Then, if multiple articles are delayed, the salary is deducted as well. I never had any pay cut, but there was always this threat hanging over my head, which made me anxious all the time. Now, this is a private company and they can run it however they want to. But, this should have been mentioned in my contract. If I had known this beforehand, I would have never joined this company. Again, my only issue with this is that they should have mentioned this in the contract itself. 2. A lot of people have mentioned the issues of the CEO so I am not going to dive into that, except that if you have to tell during the company interview that a lot of people can't handle this work and quit within 6 months, maybe its time to take a look at your company culture and stop blaming other people. Also, when I quit, he tried to tell me how I should have never joined the company and I took the job from someone who really needed it. This was after I told him that I am going through a tough time in my life and need some break for my mental health. 3. The workload is too much. Honestly, just don't join the company if you can't dedicate your entire day to it. Some days, I ended up writing around 5000 words. And on top of that, the research requires a lot of work. For instance, if you are writing about a TV show with 15 cast members, they would want you to go through the social media of every single one of them up till their oldest post. And you also have to check the comments, the videos, etc. Then, you have to go through their interviews and see if there is any information that you have missed. Finally, once you have all the information, you get to writing. This whole process takes a lot of work and a lot of time. And for me, the pay wasn't worth all this effort<mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;">. Also, I want a work-life balance, which isn't possible with this job</mark>. Sometimes, I ended up working on Sundays as well, because with all the edits you get, you don't get the time to finish them up during your normal working hours, so you have to work on them during your one rest day. 4. Sometimes, I noticed that the edits didn't make any sense. They tell you one thing one day and something else the next day. But this happened rarely. Edit: I am making this update because there are a lot of 5-star reviews of the company here. I am sure that they asked the employees or ex-employees to give these reviews. As you will be able to see, the latest 5-star reviews were posted on 20th March, 21st March, another one on 21st March, 2 more on 25th March, and another on 27th March, 2024. Anyone with half a brain could see that these reviews aren't genuine....Read More

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Good content

Dislikes

No work life balance

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

It was a work from home opportunity and the compensation was ok.

Dislikes

No work life balance. It's a 6 day work/week and around 12+ hours of work most days.

Work Details

I learnt a few things and the work was fun but quite difficult, but it was really long work hours and after few months I became miserable

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.