WBOY

Sexual Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

This station is not meant for women. If you’re a woman with a voice or an opinion, expect everything to go against you, including disciplinary actions. The station is run completely by men who do not care as long as they’re beating the station across town. They’re comfortable where they are and will push back against any ideas you may have. Don’t expect or try to change anything.

This station is the MOST toxic workplace I have ever encountered. The station runs as if it’s 1983. They don’t do anything up to date, fun, or utilize the resources they have. They are not interested in changing their ways. The EP is sexist against women, the ND could care less and is just cool with whatever you want including improper journalism practices, the GM will scream at you if you don’t get news before the competition, and the HR coordinator (who is retiring soon) will tell you to get rid of your pets if you ask for a raise. Other employees of the newsroom will pretend to be your friend but run to HR the moment you say anything remotely negative. You cannot trust 80 percent of the people working there. The other 20 percent either don’t care and/or will be a friend you can trust. If you care about journalistic integrity or having a good product, this isn’t the station for you. They let incorrect stories go to air, opinions into stories, and don’t help anyone who doesn’t understand journalism if it wasn’t what they learned in school. If you’re a guy, you’ll be fine because the station is a good ol’ boys club. If the boys club feels threatened, they will find a way to get rid of you. I wouldn’t recommend this station to my worst enemy.

Station is somewhat organized. They assign reporters 3 to 4 stories to turn in each day. Most are fluffy stories of ribbon cuttings so that sales can get ads from them later. Rarely ever any hard news. Whenever something big does come up the reporters aren’t allowed to touch it. The producer will just call the police station for a few bullet points then write a reader on it. A great place to start out right out of college but the only people that stay their have intense life problems. Nexstar just bumped up minimum pay to $15 an hour so that’s what the new people get. Down side is the schedule is never consistent. You can work 10 days in a row. The schedule also only comes out 2 days before the last one is over … meaning you come in on Friday and don’t actually know if you’re working Monday because the schedules not out yet. Not bad …. But not a place i could be at for more than 2 years.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Several negative experiences with EP, who seems to take pleasure in belittling others. I also feel there was a lot of favoritism shown in the newsroom when it comes to promotions, new opportunities, etc.

Unfortunately, I would not recommend this station to someone starting out. Unless management chooses you as a favorite, opportunities are few and far between. It is also difficult to come across learning opportunities and constructive feedback.

You are are to do a lot of work by yourself and be left on your own to figure things out. Great place where if you want to be pushed and see what you are made of. There are a lot of great people there and they really want to see where the station can go.