Not The Worst, Far From The Best - Manager PBS Employee Review

2.0
Jun 12, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

PBS has decent benefits. They provided competitive health care, 401K match, and commuter benefits. Several departments have a good work-life balance, and it is often spoken about as a critical benefit employees stay at PBS

Cons

If you get with a bad manager, you will not grow. If you are capable of passing them, they will feel threatened. (marketing, PBS kids) Your peers who have been at PBS for a decade plus will not collaborate. They will long for the “good old days” and, when not flaunting their pseudo-intelligence, will attack your work. The pay scales are all significantly below the current market scale. TL;DR Work here if you don't value your health, career, or self-worth.

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5.0
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Pros

Full of people that love and care about their work

Cons

It is a very dangerous time for public media, so opportunities may be limited

2.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

Job was fairly autonomous and relaxed.

Cons

Complete lack of communication from senior management. Decisions constantly made that affect your work by people who fundamentally don't understand what that work is and will never seek input by those who do. Plans regarding media processes and abilities remain secretive until the last moment from employees, channels and partners. Senior management on the media side of things comes off as delusional towards their knowledge and capabilities of the systems they poorly implemented. Would rather take the advice of vendors trying to sell a product than the staff who knows what needs to be done and how to do it.

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