WHBF

Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

The work environment is a 1/10. I was overworked to the point I had to seek theraphy and even broke out in hives because of the stress. Anchored 4 hours of news alone for 8 months startight then again for 7 months straight. Management dragged their feet on hiring a coanchor. I also was severely depressed during my time here. I was underpaid by A LOT. No one cares about the morning show main focus is evenings. I could go on and on but I'll just stop here. Don't go here. I also was harassed constantly by an engineer and not much was done to stop it. The harassing messages continued up to my last day although I specifically told management he makes me uncomfortable.

Don't go.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

When I was there, the News Director at the time (Heather Voudrie) was not a great leader. She would talk down to her employees and yell at them at times. She had horrible news judgement. Never knew her mood. Never worked to make anyone better. There was a corporate HR complaint by multiple employees and nothing was done. GM at the time didn’t seem to care about news. Anchors were great, and willing to help make the younger journalists better.

I’ve heard they’ve invested money and made improvements. Management has also changed.

Sexual Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

There are certain employees who make female employees very uncomfortable and the work environment is extremely toxic. Initiative is not only not rewarded, but it's actively pushed back against. Any attempt to improve quality will be met with fierce denial. Every department head is lazier than the next. Most are coasting to retirement. This place couldn't have more of a losing attitude. Everyone's got an excuse, and that's why they remain in last place.

If you want to improve and learn this is not the station for you.

Sexual Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

This is an especially toxic work environment for women. Men are promoted and favored over women even if they aren’t qualified and despite seniority.

This is a very toxic work environment. There are very few resources, the reporters are overworked and extremely under paid. Reporters aren’t trained and there’s no feedback, so there’s little to no opportunity to grow. There is little to no leadership in this newsroom and those in charge don’t take the best interests of their team, or the future of the station to heart. Avoid this station entirely.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

The entire group of managers and the station owner are completely unmotivated and unprofessional. Everyone seems to do the minimum required of any task, which is why it's a laughing stock across the market.

This has to be one of the worst stations for which to work in the entire country.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Management was clueless on how to run a station and scared of Nexstar corporate. Constantly being asked to do more with less, crappy old gear, way under-staffed compared to competition, adding shows but not people or offering additional compensation. Avoid at all costs.