The YOH contract is a scam that makes entry-level roles a revolving door. They will tell you it will get your foot in the door, but good luck turning that into a full-time staff job. As a researcher, you will write, produce and shoot segments for a third of what producers make, and be told you have to settle for your breadcrumb salary for 5 years before you will be considered for promotion (even though you're doing the exact same job). Please tell me how a multi-billion dollar company expects people to live on $16 per hour in New York? I survived the atrocity that was Megyn Kelly TODAY and I can say HR did absolutely nothing to help people get off of that team or bring in new leadership. We were overworked and bullied by senior producers. We had multiple meetings where our host and our EP told us that if we didn't like the way were treated we could leave and if we talked to the press that made us traitors. After the show was cancelled there no change in the internal leadership that allowed that toxic environment to fester, even though many team members complained. I'm so grateful I got out for the sake of my mental health. There is a something deeply wrong with the company's human resources department. If you are offered a role at this network, beware. Say no to YOH, and unless you are fresh out of school do NOT settle for the researcher scam. If you're looking to grow within the news division, promotions are mostly based on nepotism so you'd be better off get a producing title elsewhere to get the salary you deserve. Make sure you vet your potential bosses and teammates because it will be nearly impossible to switch teams once you are hired.
