Station's Ratings
News Dirctors
Meteorologist Job details
Yearly salary
Contract2 years 9 months
Paired with a photogN/A
Station market rank3
Gene
Decided to slowly have me work traffic and fill in for holidays. It became a consistent schedule. The contract was MMJ/Meteorologist. I asked for compensation for a third role added to my work load and he gaslighted me saying I'm not being a team player. He went on to compare me to the assistant news director saying he does multiple different roles. I said he must be compensated for that managerial position, but I am talking about my situation. After that conversation he held a grudge against me. It was very toxic. He favors only the workers who suck up to him. It's unprofessional and lacks proper managerial skills.
Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment
The GM made inappropriate comments about my tiktoks. Corporate did nothing about it. He owns something in the company so no matter how many reports he gets they wont fire him. HR quit a few weeks after me. Never work for nexstar or at least in Mobile, AL
The weather team is good - I like assistant ND - the rest of management is horrible
Reporter Job details
Yearly salary
Contract2 years
Paired with a photogN/A
Station market rank1
Chris Best
Horrendous
Sexual Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment
Took a job there because of market size and it being near the beach. While I learned some stuff, I did not nearly get the opportunities I was told I’d get. The new director has a very threatening management style that creates for an overall hostile work environment. Then once it gets to you, he blames you for being “negative” or says “maybe this isn’t for you.” You should take a job in a way lower market before ever signing with Chris best or WKRG.
Run! Do not sign here. Everyone is overworked and the newsroom is way understaffed. The only positive is the assistant news director, who the news director said he almost didn’t hire because he, “hadn’t been a manager before.” Meanwhile, the ND is a first time ND. All he cares about is click bait and video. No storytelling. Doesn’t have reporter’s backs when he makes them do accountability stories. It really is a toxic environment. So many people are leaving and have left the station, yet everyone who leaves is “the problem.”
Chris Best
Terrible/Awful
An Overall Toxic Work Environment
Chris Best is just simply a terrible news director. He does not care about his employees at all. He also has terrible news judgement. He cares nothing about your life outside of work and he will call you any time any day. He also has no people skills. We all wonder how he got into this position in the first place. He absolutely terrible and hopefully he’s not here for good.
Just don’t come here. If you have any choice work at the other stations in the market. Avoid Chris Best and his assistant ND at all costs.
MMJ (OMB) Job details
Yearly salary
Contract2 years
Paired with a photogN/A
Station market rank1
Chris Best
Awful
Sexual Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, An Overall Toxic Work Environment
Working here will do absolutely nothing to help your career.
I left the only positive review of this station (at the direction of ND Chris Best) and would like to retract it. Run for the hills. Work hard? No one cares. Do nothing but slack off, sexually harass or discriminate against female coworkers? No one cares.
Chris Best
Work Hard, Reap the Rewards
You're asked to work hard, and do lots, on a daily basis. Work hard here, and you'll reap the rewards. Put in good work, and you'll get to travel and do stories you're passionate about.
MMJ (OMB) Job details
Yearly salary
Contract4 years
Paired with a photogN/A
Station market rank
Chris Best
Best replaced our former News Director after the Nexstar takeover and brought moral down and the workload up to a miserable level.
An Overall Toxic Work Environment
When Best and Nexstar took over, WKRG turned into a "it bleeds, it leads" station. MMJs were suddenly asked to do multiple stories a day that tended to focus on car crashes, gas station robberies, and shootings. You were treated like a burden if you couldn't complete your required sweeps pieces during all the free time MMJs get during their daily grind. News Director often went back on statements he had previously made.
run.
