Working at Fox Business Network - Anonymous employee FOX News Employee Review

Workomg for the #1 news company has been satisfying. Can be challenging and fast paced. Pay is decemt.

They will get their money’s worth out of you. High intensity level to keep up with work load.

Good entry point for anyone starting out in the industry it looks solid on a resume and gives you real hands-on experience working in a news/media environment.

Hours are brutal, and the pay doesn't match what other production assistant roles at comparable news networks and stations offer. No work from home flexibility for PAs/APs, even for tasks that could easily be done remotely. Growth and advancement within the desk are limited, and it's hard to move up unless you fit a certain mold. The desk is marketed as a team environment, but in practice, it's every person for themselves. Coworkers end up functioning more like competitors than teammates, since everyone is quietly measured against how many assignments they can knock out in a day. That "fast paced newsroom" framing gets used to justify pushing people to work at an unsustainable pace, with the expectation that you should be able to handle it all without complaint. The workload is genuinely strenuous to the point where PAs regularly seem overworked and exhausted, and mental health and general well being often get overlooked in the process. There's also inconsistency in how tasks get assigned across the desk. Some people are only given a narrow slice of the work, while others get access to the full range of responsibilities. It's not always clear what determines who gets access to what, which creates an uneven experience depending on who you are. There is also no remote work option at the PA/AP level, even for work that could reasonably be done from home. That flexibility seems reserved for people above that level, or for those with enough seniority or specific personal circumstances meaning most entry level staff have no access to it regardless of the nature of their tasks. There are also too many producers giving direction in too small a space, and each one has their own personal way of wanting things done instead of a consistent shared protocol. So you're not just juggling a heavy workload; you're juggling conflicting expectations from multiple people at once. Favoritism is a real issue. Advancement seems to depend less on the quality of your work and more on whether you're in regular contact with whoever runs the desk. If you're not one of the people they talk to daily, it's very difficult to get ahead, regardless of how well you're performing. Overall, the workload doesn't match the pay, and the pace of the job means mental health and wellbeing get overlooked. Despite how it's presented, this is not a collaborative team environment.