FanSided

What is the best part of working at the company?
The opportunity to write about sports and see your name under the byline. The smaller entities at FanSided are typically better than the main page for FanSided, due to the editors. It seems like this company promotes the wrong ones.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The editors rewriting your bylines to put in their biased voices. The lousy pay. The editors are under qualified and are very threatened by excellence in journalism. At times, the editors try to corner you into writing a controversial sports piece, to ruin your name and have trolls go wild about you in the comments section. I guess it’s their ploy to get ratings and engagement all while using their field soldiers as guinea pig. Lack of solid editors, maybe only two. The unqualified editors will shoot down all of your pitches to make you feel stupid, but you know you aren’t, because when the few good editors are on desk they’ll run with them and tell you it was a good idea. Very indirect communication. The editors are not well trained and are very jealous individuals.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic and it’s online. I couldn’t imagine working with these people in-person. This is for the main FanSided page. The sub-FanSided pages usually have better editors, a more inclusive and collaborative environment.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Getting shot down by an editor or completely ignored when making a pitch.

I worked for a certain website in the FanSided community, I won't say which one, as a Site Expert. Everything at the beginning is fun and exciting but it gets taxing really quick. The division leaders are very micro-management style, don't let you be yourself and grow. You can only go so far, with there being a ceiling. There's little to no loyalty between the new division experts and the site experts. They drop like flies for little mistakes. Websites and contributors get too much hate from the outside world. We are forced to put out clickbait to keep our jobs.

Getting paid once a month was the worst part of it. It's rough to wait a whole month to get paid for what you did 60 days prior.

I cannot stress how unfair site experts are treated.
I would stay far away, it's not worth it. There's too much stress. If you join, don't expect to get too far. Only the kiss butts do. These low lives who don't have a social life believe they're above everyone. NEWS FLASH, THEY AREN'T.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Very flexible with creative freedom and ability to write and display knowledge that you feel best with.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The stressful part is actually not a knock on the company. It's that you can write as much and as often as you want so I would get overwhelmed giving myself to many projects before finishing certain ones.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment was strictly remote for me but all staff was extremely helpful.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
For me I would wake up search the internet for information I wanted to write about.Then either begin writing or take care of errands and get back to work at my leisure. The culture is so laid back and easy going yet incredibly helpful and understanding when needing help.

Fanside is more than just a company — it’s a community built around passion, creativity, and connection. What I appreciate most about Fanside is how genuine the brand feels; it’s clear they truly value their supporters and consistently deliver products and experiences that reflect that care. Whether it’s their attention to detail, customer service, or how they engage with their audience, Fanside goes above and beyond. Every interaction feels personal, and you can tell the people behind the brand take pride in their work. Their products combine quality with originality, creating something that feels both exclusive and relatable. Fanside isn’t just selling merchandise — they’re building a culture where fans feel seen, valued, and part of something bigger. I’m proud to support a company that puts people and passion first. Highly recommend to anyone who appreciates authenticity and community-driven excellence.

Pros:

I have a great co-editor. I also get to write about my passion: sports.

Cons:

If you aren’t a full-time employee (most “site experts” aren’t), you get paid nothing (avg. for me is probably $200/month). Full-timers are salaried but part-timers are paid on page views. Spend hours or days on a great article that gets 1,000 clicks? Congrats on your $2 that you get. You might even write more than full-timers (employees of Minute Media) but they will get paid 40-50 times more than you for doing roughly the same amount of work (if you try to reach the goals that higher ups have for you).

Fluctuating “advice” from higher ups on SEO, site ideas, technicalities of writing. 

The idea behind Fansided is very cool. However, my writing style (which has succeeded at other websites) was frowned upon as being too modern and not what the readers want. My analysis is mostly film based. I was not permitted to take pictures of field formations with the play diagrams drawn on them that gives readers a deeper look into what is going on the field. My editors covered everything from a news standpoint on their own and often times left me feeling quite worthless with nothing in particular to write about.

I personally have really enjoyed writing for FanSided. Ever since I began reading other stories on the site I knew that I one day wanted to write for them myself. Well now I am and I truly can't be happy being able to do what I love on a weekly basis. They have made it a fun and easy learning experience for a first time online blogger such as myself and i really appreciate the work they had to go through to make the introduction so easy for me.

I love it! It's by far the highest I've climbed. I learn a lot and improved a lot. I've learned to write an article with the ability of impressing the audience. I've been getting a lot of positive feedback from my viewers. I learned that the more facts and interesting information you include, the better your story is.

They will stab you in the back. The writers are fake, they don’t really care about you. There are people in spots they shouldn’t be in. The management will stab you in the back for a paycheck. It’s really a bunch of cowards who sit and write clickbait articles on the internet. I would stay FAR away. It’s not worth it. You’re underpaid, you’re mistreated, and you may be there for a decent time — but you will fall if you make any mistake. 

I've written for two fansided blogs, thesixersense.com and cagepages.com both positions offered great exposure for my writing and were a great way to learn about the world of sports journalism on my own terms. Editors and directors are always willing and able to help. Strong feeling of community despite being a completely digital work environment.

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