WFAA Reviews

3.6

55% would recommend to a friend

(42 total reviews)

Brad Ramsey

74% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

WFAA has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 42 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WFAA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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42 reviews
2.0
29 Oct 2020

Dangling carrot

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Journalism is essential. WFAA gives you the chance to reach a large audience. It's important work and the majority of colleagues are great.

Cons

You will be gaslit (especially if you're a woman or minority). They do not pay fairly and will lie to your face about it. Even with female management, white men continue to get special treatment when it comes to projects, opportunities and pay. They do not do well with retention because they do not put enough focus on appreciating current employees. Promotions are hard to come by and they will undervalue your work if you're a hard, caring worker. This is not a one-time thing. This is based on years of observations. My advice to workers, don't be afraid to talk salary. Don't be afraid to stick up for yourself. Trust your intuition.

2.0
12 Jan 2017

Inside News 8/WFAA

Recommend
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Pros

Legacy of high journalistic standards; a newsroom of people who want to perform at the highest standards of TV and Digital news; staff members hold each other accountable; good comraderie among staff; some truly outstanding journalism done daily; excellent long-form reporting

Cons

Big turnover in staff---seems to have a revolving door, with few long-timers any more; Lack of vision; poor morale, overall, due to relentless poor treatment of staff by upper management (people in tears in the building and sitting in their cars before they leave work (from time to time); very heavy on criticism; positive reinforcement is almost non-existent; a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately management style; condescending treatment by some work group leaders who are just trying to hang on for the long haul or who are buidling their resumes to get a bigger job in TV news; a general feeling that corporate is clueless to the general operation and equipment needs; very little happiness in this building

4.0
26 Nov 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Exciting job ,great people ,never the same each day. Learned how the media is extremely manipulative towards the public. It's a crazy world after 10pm.

Cons

CYA never meant more to me untill my time working fo WFAA . Management Tells me a daily rate during sweeps and when accounting/upstairs suits come down on you for paying me what you said. Then you lied and can me for charging to high of a daily rate. Blame myself for trusting someone instead of getting it writing.

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