Tribune Media Reviews

These may not all sound like cons... but are all lessons based on experiences I wish had not occurred during my employment: Tales of a Bad Boss: 1. Be Fair - Always - To Everyone - Employees really don't care if you look/seem cool 2. Learn Chess -- Thinking a few steps ahead will benefit everyone -- strategy isn't only for board games 3. Allow everyone to do their job - if you were going to do it, do ask me to do it - make up your mind 4. Just because you don't get it - doesn't make it wrong -- its ok for your employee to have an idea above you, DEAL 5. Its ok if you make a mistake, I think you'll find people can be forgiving -- be an adult; don't pass the buck 6. Favoritism - you aren't my favorite either, but I still laugh at your jokes - maybe look me in the eye ======================================================================================= Lessons from Tribune: 1. Your reputation is not enough - don't take credit for another's mistake - memory's are short 2. You are not in control - you will be only offered 1 option - you always have 2 choices (the other involves leaving) 3. Ask questions - Ask questions - Ask questions 4. Document - Document - Document 5. Save everything independently; become at least a little paranoid; its sad; but one day you will have seen enough and this will be a good idea, not the ramblings of a crazy person 6. if you don't trust someone - go with that feeling 7. if you DO trust someone - go with that feeling 8. If you find someone willing to teach you - find time to "hang out"; sadly there are fewer of these folks than you know; even sadder they are rarely your boss 9. Write thank you notes - write them often - write them for reasons you think are small trivial - write them by hand 10. Listen to advice - from loved ones - lectures on youtube are for learning a trade not how to live your life Your boss makes you or breaks you... but this isn't a Tribune thing... its a Life thing.

Low pay; No recognition for doing a good job; The more you work the less they'll appreciate you; No work/life balance; You have to work 50-60 hours a week + weekends if you're salaried and they won't compensate you or give you a day off & if you complain they’ll make an HR file on you so they can fire you; HR is completely useless & will not listen to you; They'll promise you promotions & pay increase, but they'll never give it to you because they know how to come up with excuses to not give it to you; No good benefits or 401K...they'll only match if you're with the company over 2 years because they know it's a hell-hole and no one will stay that long; A lot of favoritism & racism...if you are not a tall skinny blond girl or a very good looking tall player white boy then don't bother applying...they hire ghetto black people from the projects who have no job experience just for diversity; No honesty; No ethics; They lie about everything including the business direction and the money they make; They lie about their sales & sales department lies to sell ads & they charge way too much; A lot of cooking numbers in all departments...wish someone could report them to SEC/FCC. They will tell you anything to make the company look good but it’s all a facade. They are just running on the good name that was once a good company. Too many incompetent manager who have no respect for anyone and no experience in what they were hired for…just bunch of highly paid douches; For a group of 6 people they are 4 manager!!!! The turnaround is very high; They will probably file another bankruptcy soon like before to embezzle all the money they keep hiding & then paying themselves; If you have respect for yourself and humanity, under any circumstances, even if you’re about to become homeless and just need a job, DO NOT work here!!!!!