Cut throat Managers Holding on to their Jobs - Senior Manager Salem Media Group Employee Review

1.0
Dec 26, 2025
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Pros

There isnt one single pro that I can think of after more than decade of working at Salem If there were "negative" stars I would give them.

Cons

I experienced bullying for years. Comments about my religion were commonplace, which is illegal in my state. I was routinely treated, in open fashion, disrespectfully amongst my peers and my direct reports. There was an on-going intent to discredit my reputation and any professional success. For years, I saw repeated discrimination towards people of color and women due to a "boys club" culture. The real dedicated people that built the company have left or were fired over the last 3 years as part of an agenda to force them out. What remains is a "shell" of what used to be a great company that cared about its audience and its employees. The new company is NOT Christian nor conservative. They have been bought out by private equity investors. The company has insurmountable debt as a result of poor decisions made over the last several years. It is run by mostly people who do not practice their own faith nor share the conservative philosophy, so the product will continue to suffer. They live a lie and use Christian content to "sell" and peddle the audience to ministries and advertisers. Avoid at all costs. You'd be better working at a gas station.

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Salem Media Group Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and for your many years with Salem Media. We take concerns about workplace culture and employee experience seriously and value input from former team members. Feedback like this is important as we continue to reflect and improve. We wish you the best in your future endeavors.

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5.0
Mar 4, 2026
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Pros

I'm proud to be joining an organization that is rooted in Christian and Conservative values. Since my first day, everyone I have met has been extremely warm, welcoming and more than happy to give advice and guidance. I'm confident I'll have an exciting career here at Salem. Plenty of mentorship to be found here. I would also like to note that my interview process was extremely welcoming, informational and personable. Everyone I met with throughout the process was very personable and I knew from the process I'd gain excellent mentorship if given the opportunity to join the team. I'm eager to learn and grow with this team.

Cons

No cons for me at this point.

2.0
May 31, 2026
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Pros

Great supportive local environment, people called to work there to support the mission.

Cons

Corporate digital leadership is disjointed and systems are chaotic. Actual delivered campaigns are inevitably flawed and mis managed. Retaliatory, narcisstic, abusive corporate digital leadership. Constant systems changes and zero assistance in navigating. More and more digital agency and other jobs outsourced to Asia. Salespeople are exhausted and burned out by programs failing. Zero accountability taken by Ad Ops team for mistakes or extrene lag time in responses from internal automated systems. Salary cuts to 'help the company' plays on the mission minded employees, taking advantage of employees good intentions by underpaying them compared to industry. No 401K match.

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