WHDH Reviews

1.9

1% would recommend to a friend

(79 total reviews)

Ed Ansin

7% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

WHDH has an employee rating of 1.9 out of 5 stars, based on 79 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a poor working experience there. The WHDH employee rating is 49% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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79 reviews
1.0
14 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Excels in breaking news coverage - Diverse workforce of talented professionals and all-around wonderful people (excluding management) - Good healthcare benefits (for unionized positions)

Cons

- Management is fundamentally incapable of seeing employees as human beings. Rather than working to make people happy and connected, they try to divide and sow paranoia and distrust. Even the most indispensable people are made to fear for their jobs at all times. - Nothing is communicated. Employees are expected to infer the intentions and desires of management and then berated when they don't guess correctly. Worse yet the intentions and desires of management are extremely fickle and change seemingly at random and without reason. Smart and talented people in all positions constantly act against their own best judgment out of concern for how management might view something. - There is no emphasis on development. Performance reviews don't exist. Positive feedback does not exist. The only time you will ever hear from management is when there is something negative to say, and even then it is usually nitpicky and not actionable. - Story selection is laughable. Field crews have no say in pitching stories, and when news isn't breaking the stories are pure trash. There is no desire to inform and a deep fear of anything that could be considered even remotely controversial or confusing. As a result stories are broken down to mind-numbing infotainment - Nearly impossible to get vacation time approved

1.0
8 May 2018

Toxic and very unorganized!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Although it’s a toxic environment, there are a lot of hardworking people. On top of that, the set is nice.

Cons

Toxic management team. Must conform into the 7News way, or they’ll steamroll you. Don’t expect to put your stamp on anything. It won’t happen, although they’ll tell you otherwise. Trust me, it won’t happen. It’s a very cliquey environment, and HR isn’t any better. If you decide to work there, make sure you’re a part of the union or I would never step foot in the door. The morale started to plummet shortly after the station lost its affiliation. Ratings were starting to slip in certain shows.

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