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Sinclair Broadcast Group

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Sinclair Broadcast Group reviews

2.9

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,375 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 1,375 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
Oct 28, 2024

good stepping stone

Recommend
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Pros

This company is great for your first job out of college. It teaches you corporate America and opens doors into the media world. It shows you how to be a number and fall in line because corporate says. While you learn the world of media from your higher ups, you also learn the value of yourself and what you do not want in your next job. Once you have gained enough experience at Sinclair you then can go on to companies that value you and want you to succeed.

Cons

You are a number and you will always be a number in this company.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Response
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Thank you for your review. While we are glad you feel your experience at Sinclair was valuable and you gained great industry experience, we also take your personal feedback to heart. We know there is always room for improvement and it is of the utmost importance that our dedicated, hardworking employees feel valued.
1.0
Oct 20, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the people were decent...until they weren't.

Cons

All of this is 100% true, my WPGH experience in a nutshell: 1. I spent over eight years being preached to by my coworker, a self-described "good Christian woman." Daily I got fed "the word of the Lord" because I am not a believer and because my coworker didn't want me to burn in Hell (I could've turned her over to HR but I never did because she seemed harmless); 2. One year an unpaid intern told the boss I had threatened to kill the entire staff. Seriously. The boss called me to his office and said, "Did you threaten to kill the whole staff?" I was like, "Sorry....what?" The boss was...distressed. I was beyond insulted because there was zero truth to the claim and because it had come from someone who didn't even work for WPGH. Someone who doesn't even work here makes a bogus claim about me and I am now being interrogated like there's some truth to her made-up claims? The boss finally tells me I am free to go. See, he knew the claim was bogus, he just needed to make me dance. Why? Because he needed to hear it from my own mouth. I am 100% not guilty and he knows that but he needed to hear it from me. I was made to grovel to win his approval. The unpaid intern had made the false claim but...."dance for me, buddy!" 3. We have someone on the staff, a promiscuous gay man in his 50's, who has this weird kink--he likes to have sex with teenage boys and then he likes to talk about it--at work! For whatever reason, he chooses me to be his sounding board. Almost daily I get to hear his sex stories which almost always involve teenage boys..."because they keep themselves in shape," I am told. The gay man likes six-pack abs. He tells me his nasty stories. He includes sound effects. He shows me pictures! I am beyond uncomfortable. How he is talking this way at work is beyond me. How can he think that this is okay? You can't talk like this at work!' 4. I ask him to stop with the stories. He chooses not to stop. My workplace becomes TOXIC. To say I was uncomfortable is quite the understatement; 5. I ask his supervisor to intervene. Her response? "Oh, he's telling you his stories? That means he likes you! He only tells those stories to people he likes." She KNOWS he is doing this! She KNOWS he is bringing his filth into the workplace. She tells me that she has heard the stories herself but she has somehow never done a thing to shut him down and now she's not shutting him down even though I am pleading with her to make him stop; 6. Lastly, my "good Christian" coworker? She turns out to be a lying snake. In June of 2023, the boss called me, told me to come down to his office. "Your coworker says you threatened her with a gun!" I laughed, thinking he was kidding. He was not kidding. Turns out my "good Christian" coworker had indeed made the claim. I couldn't believe it. I mean, that had never happened. Fun fact--I don't even own a gun! But she had said the words and so.... I quit. Seemed like I was doomed so I just quit to preserve my reputation. And I won't work with people who lie about me so.... Garbage people. WPGH is filled with some garbage people. I'm embarrassed that I worked with them for as long as I did.

4.0
Sep 19, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Unlimited earning potential with room to grow.

Cons

A sales job that is fast-paced and high-stress.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Response
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Thank you for your review and for your time with us. We are glad to hear you felt that you were able to learn and grow during your time with the company. Your personal feedback is important to us. If you would like to share more about your experience, please reach out to employment@sbgtv.com
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