Creative Business Run by Number Crunchers - Anonymous employee KVRR-TV Employee Review

1.0
6 Aug 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Broadcast is exciting. Often opportunities to work up in the company as positions open up. It's often encouraged by management. Getting a foot in the door is often the opportunity to open several doors.

Cons

Upper management is very short sighted in regards to money. It's a creative business run by an accounting policy of penny pinching. Employee morale is quite low, due to an emotionally hostile work environment. Department managers have very little decision making power, and are required to take all decisions to upper management. Ultimately, the decisions are made by people who are not directly effected by them in the workplace. Decisions tend to be made by cost rather than accuracy, competency, effectiveness, efficiency and quality. Bonuses do not extend beyond upper managers and sales staff, even though the "grunts" are the ones who get pushed hard to do the extra work for the well paying spots. Upper management does nothing to create a supportive work atmosphere. No employee handbook is ever given to verify company policies. List of benefits are given through word of mouth. No human resources contact to ask for questions. Upper management also has a tendency of feeling everyone is replaceable. Employees often given more work in addition to their current workload, without any additional compensation. Promotions are far and few between. Often, the only feedback is negative. Suggestions by employees are seen as complaints.

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3.0
25 June 2018
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Pros

Learned a lot that was helpful at future jobs, hours worked out well with college classes, had fun at work every day

Cons

Minimum wage, no raises, not much room for growth

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2.0
20 Jan 2014
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Pros

Generally a very flexible and fun work environment if you work with lower level employees. There is a strong team mentality within the production crew.

Cons

As soon as the fun wears down, problems throughout the company become very apparent. Management looks down upon people and treats them as mere replaceable objects and not as the truly hard-working and talented individuals that they are. Management is completely incompetent and has no business running a TV station. Our pay was terrible, I went into work there already with experience and was offered $7.25/hr without the opportunity for raises since mid-level managers aren't allowed to give raises. I took the job because I was in school and needed extra money. Also, as you move up in your position to learn new things, you aren't equally compensated even if you are doing the same job as someone who is full-time. Your pay literally WILL NEVER increase.

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