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We all know these reviews are written by Xavier Hershovitz, Derrick Larr, Taylor Morris, Jamie M. and a few others (maybe don’t text others about it).

I’m tired of people in the newsroom talking about this website and then going to it just flat out lie about Dan and the rest of the people in the newsroom that care about it.

No one has left the newsroom in months. It’s not toxic, filled with racism or sex discrimination. These are so laughable cuz every one knows it’s these 4-5 continually posting these. Meanwhile the rest of us laugh at their texts and secret talks about these posts. Get a life divas.

Sexual Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

Totally a boys club. Women don't have a say.

Love this site. It gives employees an opportunity to speak their minds and inform other potential employees of what they are getting into. Wish I had known about this before I hired in to 9&10.
Don't let review #10 fool you. It was obviously written by their current news director Dan Firnbach. I have emails from him screenshot where some of the exact verbage he uses in this review was used.
Clearly trying to do damage control because of the amount of people that are leaving 9&10.
There are people paying to break their contract just to get out of that place. Think about it. To some people, it's worth the 10k penalty just to leave. That speaks volumes.
Was the last news director your best friend? Did he hold your hand and pat you on the bottom and tell you everything is going to be ok? No. He's not your mommy. He had expectations, and held you accountable. That's why 9&10 used to be the best. Now the news department heads are nothing but pushovers in way over their head. Watch their news shows. It's a disgrace.
I have been here a long time. It's not better than it used to be. It's worse than it has been in years. And the reason for that is the firing of the people who were the heart of that station for years. GM, ND, and anchors let go that MADE this station. And the hiring of upper management that have zero experience in news, and are only looking to make money. Case in point, if you look at available job postings at 9&10, you will find one for a farmer. A farmer. Why would a news organization need a farmer you ask? Because they are pouring money into building a farm, to make more money for the bosses. Meanwhile, they are letting good people go because there "isn't enough money in the budget." But they have enough for a farm? Maybe it's from all the 10k penalties people are paying to break contract.
Don't be fooled by upper management writing positive comments on here.
It's bad.
And no change seems to be on the horizon.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

These reviews are laughable! It could be an overall toxic environment before this year when a lot of the toxic people were let go. Probably why they are all so angry at the new management that finally saw through their BS and are resorting to writing these fictional reviews to get even. What's good about 2021? Bullies aren't tolerated! The rules apply to everyone! We get told and shown we are appreciated regularly. Most everyone wants to be there and is pleasant to work with. No more walking on egg shells around a few that were ticking time bombs.

Take these reviews with a grain of salt and realize that they are likely posted by people that are disgruntled. Happy people rarely take time to write reviews. If you want to learn, work hard and feel appreciated this is a fun place to work.

This site is total garbage! All it does is give the toxic people that finally got what was coming to them another outlet to complain and make up total lies. Is it perfect? Nope, but it is obvious everyone is trying their best from co-workers to management. When things do go wrong or can be improved most of the time they listen and work with you to reach a solution.

I have worked here for awhile now and I can tell you things are WAY better the last year than they used to be. It's nice to work for a news director that shows gratitude and genuinely cares about his people.

The hr manager is fair and consistent which is probably why the ones that mess around and do stupid things don't like her.

The coo is relatively new, so I haven't interacted with him a whole lot. He seems cool and says hello to everyone by name when he sees them though.

Bottom line: Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

Sexual Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment

The news director, Dan Firnbach, and Assistant News Director, Bill Froehlich, have no respect for females in this business. A lot of 'mansplaining' and talking down to female subordinates.

Where to begin.
Let's start at upper management. Nobody has any experience in news. Every single person in charge, is a businessman. The total focus is on lining the pockets of upper management.
If you come to work in the news department, you will have no support. The people that are supposed to support you (news director, HR director) seem to work together against their employees.
The HR Director, Leslie Nowlin, has no respect or care for any of the employees. She does what is best for upper management, not for the employees who need her support. Somehow, she has a great deal of power, that no HR Director should have. Possibly because she is obviously having an affair with the recently hired COO, Josh Trust.
Moving down the line, closer to the newsroom, you get to the newly hired ND Dan Firnbach, and assistant ND Bill Froehlich.
Clearly both in way over their heads. Why were they hired?
Dan spent over a year trying to undermine and backstab his News Director, Sean Mahon, until he was eventually let go. Now he's been promoted to the ND job because he is a weak puppet that does whatever upper management wants him to do. Bill Froehlich, he was just the only one stupid enough to accept the assistant news director job, because so many others had already passed on it. Partially because, in an effort to cut costs, they combined the positions of Assistant ND and Assignment Editor into one, and then ate the salary of the assignment editor, asking the new assistant ND to do 2 jobs, at about a 40k discount. And partially because nobody in their right mind wanted to work under the conniving Dan Firnbach.
Finally, we'll get to the employees in the newsroom. Some of them are really decent workers and very friendly. However, there are a few that watch your every move and as soon as you do something they don't like, will run to the news director or HR Director. They are the little spies for upper management. If you manage to avoid pissing off these sketchy veterans, don't forget that you'll be terribly overworked due to the lack of staffing. Reporters you will be told that you will get to be with a photojournalist every day. Don't believe it. They only have a handful of photojournalists, and even less that are any good. And the good ones will go with the people that have been there longer. You will likely be asked to go out on your own and MMJ, with no support from your ND and Assignment ND, because again, they are in way over their heads and have no idea how to develop talent.
If you are looking for a job in the industry, stay away from 9&10. They are a sinking ship with no one at the wheel.