![]() She’s been caught a few times but nothing ever happens. She’s still figuring out the role and will talk behind people’s back. The assistant news director was promoted from EP. One reporter even had to take a leave of absence. ![]() Your mental health will be tested at times. There aren’t enough photographers usually to get a live shot. I’m in top 25 now and the workload is more than I can handle because I wasn’t prepared, even though I get a photographer every day now. If you want to grow to get to your next market, it’s going to be hard to put together a reel unless you fight for those live shots. It was mainly straight PKGs and an added Anchor VOSOT here and there. MMJs don’t even get live shots most of the time or even studio time. As the weekend reporter/MMJ if you get a big story over the weekend, it was always passed to a reporter during the week. MMJs here are time fillers in the C Block and never get to do bigger stories. Characters were always found through MOS. It was always news of day and talking to officials. I felt like we were always doing the same stories over and over and there was never any opportunity to tell good people stories. The work/life balance here was hard because you’d always have to fill in on someone elses shift. Every department was always understaffed. They’ve resorted to hiring people straight out of college or people with no news experience. It’s so hard for the station to keep talent, producers, assignment editors, and photographers. CBS Austin is a revolving door right now. There doesn’t seem to be a want-to-win culture at this station. The station lacks organization and it was always depending on what the other stations were doing for stories. “CBS Austin (KEYE) is one of those stations where you just have to keep your head down and get your work done. He’s active in the day-to-day newsroom operations and genuinely wants to see the station succeed” If you have a problem he will always hear you out but it’s a different story when something needs to be addressed. This person describes the overall newsroom environment as: They have zero problem taking your life and soul and making you feel guilty for not doing enough when you devote all your time and energy to them. Their benefits suck and they don’t match 401k so you can’t even save for retirement. Lockwood is a terrible company to work for!! The gear is crap, you have to share it and people steal. HR IS TERRIBLE ZERO STARS!!!! They got mad at me for getting Covid… when they were forcing us all to keep working in-person during lockdown. One employee tried to physically fight me over breaking news. I was sexually harassed daily by the photographer and a m a in the sales department. ![]() Racism and bullying in the newsroom made the work culture unbearable. The place is rotten and toxic and it stems from the top down. ![]() It’s the worst station in the market for a reason. They sold me (tricked me) on the job by saying all the management was new and they were going to turn it around… but it’s all lies. (Even at my higher paying job in a better market now) I got paid 26,000 a year to work harder than I’ve ever worked in my entire life. Sexual Harassment, Racial Discrimination, Sexual Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment While working for WJCL this person experienced:
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