DO NOT WORK HERE IF YOU CAN AVOID IT - Anonymous employee KION-TV Employee Review

Will help get your foot in the door for the news industry.

Not many employees so you are working more than one job most days.

I worked for KION for 3 years, learned a lot and had a lot of fun. Its a larger crew of people working throughout the departments and the company does a good job of hiring people that are hard working but also fun to work with. It's a low news market, so it is also a training ground for a lot of the employees. This training ground also allows for some experimentation and testing of the limits of skills, which you might not be able anywhere else. The Central Coast is a beauty place with some of the nicest weather in the world.

The owners of the company pushed for "do more with less" and a "one man band" style. It is very hard, and sometimes impossible, to complete all the work given in a 40 hour work week. Overtime was paid, but grudgingly and sometimes with repercussions. The other problem with business model was more mistakes are made. When a job used to take 5 people and now it has been shaved down to 2 people, the job becomes overly stressful and rushed. One of the biggest cons of this job is the pay, its way too low. The central coast is one the most expensive places to live in the country and the owners come from places that are much cheaper. So they don't see the need to raise the wages.