TEGNA reviews

3.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(625 total reviews)
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Mike Steib

25% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

TEGNA has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 625 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The TEGNA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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625 reviews
2.0
Dec 8, 2024

On the decline

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Opportunity to grow. I started at an entry level position and have switch jobs internally a few times, so gotten to learn new skills. Get a good amount of PTO time to use. Most of the people you work with are good people.

Cons

New CEO is going on a chopping spree and likes to send out tone deaf emails. "Lean and mean," as he said. Laid off *entire* marketing department of every station for the whole company (going to hub them), some news staff, and directors are reportedly next. Who knows after that, but lots of employees are on edge. My understanding is stations weren't even aware this was coming until it was announced, too. Pretty much consolidating jobs/departments and looking for ways to replace people with automation/AI (he made it clear in his introductory meeting that he's really big into artificial intelligence). Consolidating means fewer people doing more work. Are we getting more pay? Probably not. Pay is not great, but never has been with any TV company I've worked for. Cost of living has gone through the roof, but pay has definitely not kept up. Know lots of people working a second job to pay the bills.

3.0
Dec 5, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Previously had many pros to discuss, but now I would say the only pro is that some middle management are still great to work for, although many of them have their hands tied by higher leadership.

Cons

Multiple rounds of layoffs, no longer receiving bonuses, "lean and mean" is repeated from senior leadership so frequently that the overall morale is best described as "defeated."

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