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Sinclair Broadcast Group

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Sinclair Broadcast Group reviews

2.9

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,373 total reviews)
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Christopher Ripley

41% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Sinclair Broadcast Group has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,373 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Sinclair Broadcast Group employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
4.0
Feb 26, 2015

Great People

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Pros

Like all Newsrooms there are ups and downs, but in my long time there the ups out weighed the downs. People are very friendly and are still my friends.

Cons

What is lacking is upkeep of equipment and departments fighting with others. Sometimes it was hard to put out a great news product when engineering department would not let us set up live shots because they are not doing their job.

1.0
Feb 8, 2015

Far too big for their own good, especially for their employees good.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They WILL spend money on equipment.

Cons

Horrible, close to criminal, lack of oversight of upper management. Abuse of workers and requiring, not expecting, requiring 50-60 PLUS hour weeks of salaried people. Supposedly have transfers to other stations within the group, but those are only available if you play their political games just right. I graduated from High School years ago and have never since then seen people form cliques, so many supposedly professional leaders, form cliques that prevent anyone not willing to bend over backwards for the company from getting any advancement. Virtually everyone I knew, when they gave 2 weeks notice they were immediately escorted out the door. Their attitude is "If your going to have the nerve to quit on us we will do our last little bit to screw you" AND they will then claim THEY terminated YOU and you are on the no rehire blacklist. HR will hit you up for every minor thing YOU may do against company policy, even unpublished policies, but they will NOT lift a finger when the company is doing things that are actually illegal, like putting you in a remote location with no restroom facilities or access to food or drink, and expect you to work a 16 hour shift there. HR works for the company, and boy do the employees know it.

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