KENS

Sexual Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Just a bad boss to work for. Doesn’t know how to positively deal with people and is threatening to employees, especially women.

I agree with other reviews. My time at the station was very awful. The ND has a terrible personality and knows nothing about how to get the best from the people under him and almost no one re-signs after their first contract. HR nightmare waiting to happen because of how he treats people, but Tegna won’t do anything until someone actually has the guts to sue. I understand that the longtime Operations manager recently “retired” mainly due to the ND and I’ve heard that another longtime manager may do the same soon for the same reason.

Avoid the place because even though the news director will make it seem like the newsroom is a happy family, he’ll turn on you behind close doors, especially when your contract is up.

Racial Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

When you meet with the news director one on one he stares at you hard in a very creepy way. Very uncomfortable and I hated having to go in his office alone. Tegna HR is useless because they still have another department boss who kept his job after a huge investigation.

The ND rules by chaos which is fun sometimes but makes the reporters crazy and unhappy. No consistency to the news coverage because what he likes changes from day to day. No philosophy or “vision” at all. I’m not sure why Tegna keeps him there. He really has them fooled. He brags about how much of a “tight wad” he is and it shows by how many reporters don’t stay past first contract. He will lie to your face and then totally deny it. Turnover is all the time at KENS so beware and ask around before signing with that guy. Glad I moved on.

Sexual Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

KENS is not a good place for POC.

Pretty fun and family environment overall, but we do need to work on organization across the board.

I disagree with the last “reviewer”. Jack is a great boss and news director. He’s made me feel welcome and valued since I came here. I think he’s destined for greater things, like becoming a GM.

No direction and no overall vision. The station doesn't do real news, just fluff so they can get Facebook views and likes. ND is nice, but doesn't know what he's doing. It's clear that he's never actually been a news director before. Hires reporters based on looks rather than talent and ability. The rest of the managers are okay, with some being really helpful and good at their jobs and others almost as clueless as the ND.

The overall newsroom is pretty positive and fun, but if you're looking to do serious work and improve yourself it can be pretty negative and toxic. If you don't care about that, though, it's the place for you because the ND clearly doesn't care about anything except for trying to please his corporate bosses and what kind of food to order for the producers most days.