KAIT

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

My time here was mixed. Worked in production and newsroom. Should have already quit multiple times but I'm working towards leaving. Place has fallen over the years. Lost two prominent anchors in less than a year. While most of the newsroom treats each other like family, there is some favoritism/gossip among co-workers. Very high-school like. ND micromanages and never unplugs, so be ready for that. Thinks a former employer who runs a blog is MAJOR competition despite that blogger plagiarizing our work multiple times. He also made me cut a reporter's last story on her last day, then promptly fired her behind closed doors but the whole newsroom witnessed it. Because of this, I've turned down multiple full-time offers from him and have kept him at arms length while I change careers. MASSIVE turnover in 2018. Yes, turnover happens everywhere, but we lost every reporter and had to start from scratch. Terrible hires who couldn't do their job. New reporters who were hired after them had to learn on the fly. Lost both sports anchors so we had no sports on-air for two weeks. Forgot to mention that.

If you're looking to get your jump-start, don't do it here. Most new hires catch on to the bosses personalities and then start counting down the days until their contract expires. If you don't get fired on your last day or get mistreated, consider it a win.

This place used to be fun but has fallen hard in the past 12-18 months in terms of personnel. Many don't want to deal with the ND's bi-polar, depressed, up and down personality (which he's confessed to battling). I used to empathize with it, but I don't anymore. I hope it recovers but I likely won't be around for it.