WFIE

Sexual Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

The news director doesn't favor women well. Of course, you'll see women on the TV screens but the way he treats them off the screens, is repulsive. Outside of that, he makes inappropriate comments about how they look when you do your 1-on-1s with him. His odd smile and your drive for the career helps mask his further intentions. In terms of toxic work enviornments, you very rarely ever have a lunch break, you will get pulled off of MMJ'ing at any time to produce, you never get photog help unless you're a favorite, you are expected to turn two stories a day sometimes adding another VO SOT into that mix. Your ideas are never heard or executed. No one is ever celebrated, you will only ever hear what you did wrong instead of what you did right. The moral is so low coming from all of the employees who work there, no one is happy. Under Joe as news dorector, they have recently lost over 10 on air employees, including two main anchors. The amount of people who left the industry because of him is repulsive. Joe also enjoys making inappropriate comments to people when no one else is around so he can't be held accountable. Their reporters have worked over 60 hours in one week with that being the expectation. As anchors, if you're new, you're expected to also turn stories on top of anchoring and producing your shows. The list goes on. Management at that station as a whole, is terrible. The General Manager isn't out of the loop on all this too. On top of that, they are unable to 'diversify' their newsroom. The amount of disturbing comments made about why they can't do that... is awful.

I highly reccomend talking to people who left that station. You will be talked into thinking the station is the best of the best and you will have all these opportunities but none will ever come to you. Also, three years is outrageous, stick with a two year deal if you can. Until Joe leaves, there will be no change. Do yourself a favor and don't even think about working there. It's an overall bad place where you can't / won't grow. Find a better station. Literally anywhere else.

Sexual Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Any new reporter who was a person of color was held back and it was blatantly obvious. They were never taken seriously when an hour positions opened up (they weren't given any kind of try out or interview). Several people openly talked about pay and the black reporters were making significantly less than white reporters. Blonde reporters who were skinny made more and had more opportunities than reporters who were not blonde and were not stick figures. Joe continuously makes inappropriate comments to attractive reporters

The Digital Content Manager, Jill Lyman, is also a nightmare to work with. She is very loud in the newsroom whenever she talks negatively about other employees when they are not around but acts like their best friend to their face. She straight up told me if she "could fire my ass she would."

Anchor Jackie Monroe is fake as fuck and will run to news director to snitch on you. Her nose is so far up Joe's ass it's unreal. The worst part is she tries to make you think she dislikes him a lot.

There are a bunch of other people who are considered "14 lifers" there who are just the absolute worst types of people to associate yourself with.

There is absolutely zero organization in the newsroom. Too many people think they are in charge.