KTVA

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

The company doesn’t care about their employees. Upper management doesn’t empower the news team and allows toxic employee support to run free, making the station a horrible place to work. ND doesn’t know how to lead and the top-heavy management structure doesn’t foster respect. No room for growth, as it’s the only station in the company’s portfolio. Beautiful place to live but you’ll hate your job.

If you value your job here, don’t express an opinion that differs from the management team.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Main female anchor is difficult to work with, a bully, and very condescending. New desk person is very rude and makes people feel bad. The women who work there gossip and do not support each other.

Work somewhere else.

This station is #2 in the market but is locally owned & has the resources behind it to take control of the market from its competitors who are now owned by Gray Television. Opportunities here include traveling the state and beyond (Reporters have gone to villages in rural Alaska, Afghanistan, Greenland etc. for stories), time to work on special projects, and stories you won’t find anywhere else in the world. People come here for the job and often stay for Alaska. If you don’t embrace adventure (think hiking, glaciers, northern lights, dog mushing) then this station is not for you. No news room is perfect, and KTVA comes with normal daily frustrations, but employees here are fairly compensated in a newsroom environment where harassment and discrimination are not tolerated.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Favoritism, negativity, mean girls

Negativity, verbally abusive anchors, gossip, mean girls club.

Going through some major changes. New news director, assistant news director, and desk guy. There's been lots of turnover recently. There isn't much room to voice opinions or give ideas on how to make things work better. Awesome stories to cover, though.