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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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1.0
Aug 3, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Decent place to start your career if you have no other options. Keep in mind there is NO upward mobility at Sinclair, in working there for over a year there wasn't one person in any department who switched teams or was promoted that wasn't already upper upper management.

Cons

- Benefits are laughably bad. Sinclair is an east coast company, there are no perks you get at any other tech company. Bad and expensive healthcare coverage, few vacation days, no work/life balance, they even make you pay for parking. - If you haven't been there years and aren't in the in-crowd, be prepared to be treated like crap. You'll get the projects no one else wants to work on. - There are no promotions, no upward mobility - The work environment is very political. Between terrible managers and strong-arming C-level bosses, everyone is always on tiptoes. Work constantly gets disrupted, redirected, and thwarted, on the whim of an unseen boss. Many people are let go in the dead of night without warning or reason. - The company itself is embarrassing. Be prepared to be embarrassed to tell people where you work, with a lot of "You work at THAT Sinclair?" They will not change, and no one is forcing them to change. The worst part of Sinclair? Everyone except a few managers HATE working there. I've worked at a few tech companies in Seattle, and there's always a bit of grumbling about this thing or that decision. But virtually EVERYONE hates their job and is actively looking for new work. It's uncanny.

1.0
Aug 2, 2019

Not a place to grow

Recommend
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Pros

Some attempts to offer a flexible work environment, with options to work from home on days you have appointments.

Cons

Management is not invested in helping their employees grow. This is a boys club, where the highest-paid employees will continue to promote whomever they happen to be buddies with. Don't expect your hard work to be rewarded.

1.0
Oct 29, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some coworkers/team members are great. Working in TV can be fun and exciting, is a high-profile job. I like having lots of clients in the community, having

Cons

Management is a disaster from the top-down. High level execs have no clue what day-to-day operations are like at their stations and don't care. The overall mentality is a "cover my butt and don't worry about anyone else." No support, no training, "sink or swim" mentality, outright lies to employees over compensation, benefits. Favoritism is rampant, rules only apply to some employees. Very punitive mentality toward employees--rather than working to train, prepare, empower their employees, management gives contradictory direction if any direction is given, and then when the outcome is unfavorable, blame the employee the incompetence of management. I was warned by many people in the media industry, not to take a job with Sinclair, but thought it would be okay because I was acquainted with the person who is now my boss from the business community, and was made many good promises about the job, including compensation and the flexibility of my schedule. All of the promises made at the onset, and throughout my employment, have been broken and appear to have been outright lies to get me in the door. There are no repercussions for managers, employees who request support or training are treated dismissively and then punished for not knowing how to operate the systems they've never been trained on. I have never had such an unfavorable work experience in my life, my income has been so unpredictable that I am worse-off financially and credit-wise, after taking this job. I actually am struggling to find another job due to the instability of this job, and the unkept promises.

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