KOB

Racial Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

This station is as messy as it appears on TV. The set is literally made up of duct tape and construction paper, and they don't hide it. The GM takes control of all HR matters and blames you if you report a personnel matter to HR. Overall morale is dire, and management refuses to believe it. The assignment editor Stan Wilson would hide in a room and yell at photogs and spends more time baiting and spying on fellow employees personal conversations than doing his job. Working here feels like walking on egg shells every day.

KOAT would be a much better station to work at.

KOB is a fantastic place to get your feet wet in a top 50 market. It offers decent-ish pay depending on your role and is in by far one of the best markets for spot/breaking news in the country. From a blooming film industry to a heinous crime problem, you won’t struggle with story pitches in Albuquerque. You’ll work long hours, have enough breaking news on your reel in a month to sustain you a lifetime and also probably be in a movie at some point (hey, breaking bad). Overall, it’s a good place to be.