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An Overall Toxic Work Environment

One time I disagreed with melissa Hendrix beach and she made me do 2 somtimes 3 packages a day so I have to rush alot. Made me do live shots no photog, at lots of locations ten minutes a part when the locations were 20 mins away from each other. No photographer At all. She gives no feedback unless she wants to tell you everything your doing wrong. She is Republican married to oil husband so anything that is aired needs to cater to republicans. She does not believe in reporting truth and facts if it does not cater to Republican party. She will yell at you if you do anything that tells the community what an oil company is doing wrong even if the community needs to know. Good Luck because this is oil central of US so most stories is Oil. She is good at story pitch shaming so she will always give you negative feedback if you pitch a story that doesn’t “cater to viewers.” Hires very unprofessional management who are inexperienced and Not Aggressive. Avoid this station at all cost.

You will question every thing about News life. I thought this was Somthing I wanted to do but She made me hate every thing about it that I broke my contract. She bad mouthed me because I was not happy there

Sexual Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

WHERE DO I START……STATION LOVED TO BE AGAINST ALL FUNDAMENTALS OF JOURNALISM…..EVEN BY THE COMPANY THAT LITERALLY OWNS THEM……PRODUCERS….REPORTERS….ANCHORS……DONT EXPECT TO TELL BOTH SIDES OF A STORY…..INSTEAD……TELL A STORY TO WHAT THE AUDIENCE ONLY WANTS TO HEAR….. ITS AN OIL AND GAS TOWN AND THAT STATION WONT COVER ANYTHING RELATED TO IT IF IT WILL “ANNOY” THE VIEWERS….. ALSO….DONT COME IN WITH CREATIVE IDEAS…….ALL MANAGEMENT WANTS IS THE SAME COOKIE CUTTER THING…... FAVORITISM IS ALSO A BIG THING THERE. EVEN IF YOU WERE HIRED BEFORE A NEW PERSON……TOO BAD…….. THE NEW FAVORITE HIRE GETS ALL THE TIME OFF THEY CHOOSE AND YOURE LEFT IN THE DUST…….IF THERES A TOXIC PERSON WHO HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HR…….,THEY WONT BE FIRED……..PEOPLE FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL BREAK THEIR CONTRACTS BECAUSE OF THE UNPROFESSIONALISM…..YOUR SCHEDULE WILL CHANGE WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE…….. SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO APPLY SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY WILL TRICK YOU ONCE YOU SIGN A CONTRACT…… THEY WILL GIVE YOU PROMISES AND NOT KEEP THEM……. YOU WILL WORK YOUR ENTIRE CONTRACT WITH HOPES OF DOING WHAT YOU WANT…..WELL ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

seeing coworkers do it with each other is menacing.........especially seeing the managers doing it with the employees.......favoritism is menacing..........

A you can find something alot better then the drama:......cant say i expect alot from a small dma where everyone’s dating and having sex

Sexual Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Unorganized, lack of resources, not interested in your safety. I found myself doing solo lives at 5 a.m. with nothing to show just for the sake of going live and at 10 p.m. during active crime scenes. Anytime I brought up safety I was told those were the resources we had and was later made felt guilty for fighting for my safety. Headstrong women- beware.

Cost of living in this area is extremely high (oil money central), don't let them low-ball you. If you don't fight for yourself here, no one will.

I think this newsroom just had the typical problems you’d expect in a small market newsroom. The silver lining is you get to make mistakes and learn from them.