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Sinclair Broadcast Group

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Sinclair Broadcast Group reviews

2.9

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,374 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 1,374 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
2.0
Jun 14, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You’ll get to film a lot. Great experience. Teaches you to be self sufficient. Learn the skills you’ll need for a career in media. Good health insurance. My co workers were great. If you can stick it out you’ll have a good start to your career

Cons

Terrible 401(k). Anyone in management is a company person so what’s good for corporate will always come first. You have to run Sinclair propaganda. The more you step up for your team the more management will expect you to do daily. For example I’m a photographer but I helped out with web so now I’m expected to do web all time they rely on me to do it. Managers pick stories with no rhyme or reason. Mine is not consistent or thoughtful in his decision making. They are not very considerate to us especially female reporters. You’ll make minimum wage but be expected to be on call regularly. When you are on call you’re not paid unless you get called in. If you are called in you’ll be forced to come in late to avoid paying you overtime. The company at least at my station handled the pandemic terribly. No consistency in rules they took away all my sick time and tried to sideline me for 28 days because I was in contact with a person that had taken a covid test (it turned out negative). The covid screening made no real sense. When I asked HR to make sense of it they gave me no answer besides I need to understand the risks of my job. Really the culture is terrible. If you don’t have a passion for what you do there is no reason for you to deal with this company.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Response
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Thank you for leaving a review. We are happy to hear that you are having a great experience in a number of areas working at Sinclair. We are sorry to hear about your personal experience with management and would like to hear more about your concerns so we can always strive to improve. Please reach out to employment@sbgtv.com and set a time to talk.
2.0
May 4, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay was enough to keep me this long (I tried many times to leave, but many companies just flat out suck at the competitive pay game or they are willing to take the next chump off the street who will accept their low low pay). I refuse to lower my standards when the high end tech companies are almost twice what Sinclair even offers. Sinclair is only slightly higher than companies like Nordstrom. You could do worse. Very stable work, but prepare to be bored with the products they are making. Most of the people that I worked with used to be cool, now I have no idea who these people are.

Cons

Shifting to hiring lots of international workers (timezone hell). Wishy washy about return to office plan (post-covid) despite hiring all over the place. Extremely difficult to get raises and promotions (slow like molasses). Red tape and not a lot of creative freedom (top-down decisions). Backend system design is purely a joke held together by duct-tape and huge egos of past and present loud mouth bullies with fancy titles and large paychecks (so called "architects"). Lately, good people seem to be leaving on a weekly basis (sad). Very bored in my position, no room for growth. Only 6-8 paid holidays per year (aging news business). Before COVID, they almost never allowed remote work. Most people probably dislike their political bias (includes myself in that group). Ashamed to say I work for them at parties (favors "large news company" to save face).

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Response
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We appreciate the time it took to write your review. We see that you have a number of grievances and we would be happy to discuss your experience one-on-one to better understand your perspective and hopefully find a solution. We want you and every staff member to be proud employees of Sinclair and working together we can hopefully find a resolution to your concerns. We recognize that there is always room for improvement so please reach out to employment@sbgtv.com to help us make Sinclair a better organization for all. We look forward to speaking with you.
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