WTLV

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

This place is a burning sinking shop and I’m trying to survive the trip down. Joe “the snake” Inderhees, the news director, is a pompous turd who will throw you under the bus, drive it over you, then help dress your wounds. Beware!! There’s a “mean girls club” here that really are some of the most miserable, fake, b****** I’ve ever witnessed. They also all talk about each other. Photogs are jealous of the reporters and want to be on-air but would like they just stepped out of the swamp. Management is a joke. The GM is a liar and reminds me of the Hunchback of Notre Dame. He’s a true weasel. He talks about employees to other employees. And I’ve heard he’ll even discuss a person’s salary with others. Disgusting. This station is the joke of the town.

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Racial Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

My negative experiences were with co-workers who seemed to be determined to drag the morale of the station down. It was like a "good old boys" club. I noticed certain people are not readily welcomed as others. Things have changed significantly in last year or so with new management including Megan.

The newsroom was toxic but new mgmt has changed that.

The morale here is improving daily. I really enjoy coming work now.

We can be unorganized sometimes and the workload not evenly distributed.

Severe weather is our forte. It's like we come alive for it. Mgmt seems too "come alive" as well.

Training opportunities through the year.

ND has an open door and always willing to critique your work. I love that about MH.

Our newsroom is pretty fun. We have a ping pong table and other games IN THE NEWSROOM! Lol it does help relieve the stress of the day to get a game in.

This station LOVES creativity. The motto is basically "go for it". No idea is too crazy.

We do need more staff. Especially photogs. We are usually outnumbered on stories and sometimes miss opportunities because we have one crew or just an MMJ at a scene when the competition has two crews (none MMJ) or more at a scene.

This station is heavily MMJ when the competition rarely uses MMJ's. so, the playing field is NOT even in the field.
You will find yourself running like a chicken with your head cut off trying to keep up with the competition.

If I had one piece of advice to management/corporate it would be to adequately staff your stations!

Overall, I would recommend this station. If you're a loner or anti-social, this is NOT the newsroom for you. Mgmt loves creativity, passion, and personality.

We're in a transition but headed in the right direction.