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‘One of the worst jobs I ever had’: former Citizen employees on working for the crime app – The Guardian
Working for the app, which feeds users local crime information, ‘is very traumatic’ and the managers ‘don’t appear to care’

Susan, a former employee for the crime app Citizen, applied for a job curating the platforms content and notifications in 2019 in a pinch. She had a writing background, was having trouble finding work in New York City, and thought she could make some money while looking for a better fit.
By the time she left less than a year later, Susan said, she was drinking in excess because of work stress, had trouble sleeping, and had, at one point, cracked her tooth clenching her jaw while listening to hours…
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