WOLO

Sexual Harassment

Let’s start with the good, you’re always paired with a photographer. And you can cover basically any story you want because no one cares.
That’s about it. This station is usually number 3 or 4 in the market. Very understaffed. You have to be self motivated if you want to get out of there. Most of the people who work there are depressed and complain all the time. They barely have the ability to put on a newscast. Sometimes they watch other stations to get inspiration. Being in the building could drain your energy and your knowledge. Also if you have to work with the morning “weatherman” be careful. He says the most sexiest things and make women uncomfortable. I would never recommend working here.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Managers do show favoritism in who does what. There have been times where a story could have been covered, but nope ... let's sit on our butts and let the other stations beat us like they always do. Even if you are going above and beyond, it won't be appreciated. But you'll definitely get called out for what you don't do even if it's once.

Please do not expect to make decent livable wages...the company is cheap and have no shame in it. Crysty has no desire to be the news director, she lacks management skills. She'll much rather let the "assistant news director" call the shots. God forbid you pitch a good story, their 'news judgement' will say that's not a story. YET, you'll see that same story you pitched on the competitor stations. I think WOLO enjoys being #3, they follow behind everyone else and don't take any ownership of those true enterprise stories. Please don't expect to be critiqued in the good work you do either. Employees are super amazing, most have raw talent and great ideas, but are at the wrong station to express it. If company brings in new management then it would have potential, but as of now .... NOPE! Look elsewhere.

Sexual Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

AVOID

Sexual Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Things are so backwards here, it's hard to maintain any positivity. Severely underpaid, I don't know how people could afford to live on their own. The people getting paid the most didn't care at all about quality and had no news judgement whatsoever.

Crysty reeks of incompetence and barely understand how news operates. There are never enough people to cover anything, God forbid any big news breaks. The station literally only has 3 reporters, at full staff. Often last when reporting anything and often very wrong. For the most part, no one cares if what makes it to air is good or factual, as long as something is on air. No one cares about quality. Crysty and her "assistant news director" are collectively as intelligent as a pile of bricks. Their news judgement is awful at best. It's impossible to actually get any criticism from people who are supposed to be in charge because no one actually knows anything. The employees are mostly great, but the people in charge are awful at what they do for a living. Additionally, the company is unbelievably cheap.