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Weigel Broadcasting Reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(106 total reviews)

Norman H. Shapiro

65% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Weigel Broadcasting has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 106 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Weigel Broadcasting employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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106 reviews
2.0
29 Jan 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you want to work in television in Chicago, you don't have very many options. Weigel is a smaller company that will give you the opportunity to work in television and help create content that is broadcast nationwide. This is a good place for young talent to learn and grow.

Cons

Very, very low pay. An extremely important word of advice: fight for the highest starting salary you can possibly get. No matter how hard you work, unless you earn a major promotion, DO NOT expect a raise. What you can expect is a yearly "cost of living adjustment." A 2-3% salary increase was the highest received by anyone I worked with during my time at Weigel. In comparison, the similar industry job I obtained after Weigel (in Los Angeles) gave me a 30% raise after 6 months. In under a year at my new company I was earning more than twice what I made after three years of employment at Weigel. If you are passionate and have a great idea, don't expect much from the management. Weigel management believes they are the smartest people in the building. If it wasn't their idea, they won't give it any merit. Save your good ideas for yourself or your next endeavor. Don't waste them at this company. Unused paid time off is lost if unused. It doesn't roll over to the next year and Weigel does not pay out unused days. Use it or lose it. Weigel Broadcasting is run by nepotism. Family and friends of management will receive special treatment over traditional hires. Weigel's Human Resources department is corrupt and in need of a new HR representative or a formal investigation. Who polices the police? The company has a very high turnover rate. As I write this, I see 10!! Chicago job openings. Weigel isn't a big company. They're constantly hiring because people keep leaving. Everyone wants to make good money, have fun at their job and feel appreciated. It is highly unlikely you will receive any of these things working at Weigel. The company's ratings on this site should speak for themselves. Sure, low scores are unevenly offset by angry and bitter employees. However, Weigel has 40+ reviews that average at 2 stars. This should be a red flag. Only apply to this company if you're desperate and completely out of other options. I didn't realize how bad it was until I worked at a media company who cares for, respects and appropriately compensates their employees.

1.0
24 May 2016

Women & people of color beware.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get something to put on your resume. (Highly recommend you do this elsewhere).

Cons

I hadn't seen full-force misogyny in real life until I worked here. It was like stepping into the 1950's time portal with a level of racism and old-boy mentality running rampant. If this is the kind of "family" to expect at a family-owned company...I recommend running immediately. The terrible thing is...it's a well-oiled machine when it comes keeping employees in check should they "step out of line" by speaking up for themselves. It happens in such a covert and mentally draining/warped way that most of the creative people I knew working there were depressed and felt trapped. I don't think many people knew why they felt that way, but as person who is very aware of context(in this case, an environment that strongly disliked its people of color, women and lgbtq community. I literally heard a manager say behind doors he thought were closed that he was glad he missed that "mess" of the gay pride parade as he was on vacation. Unfortanutely racism is more palpable in a way that you have to be there to see. Isn't that often the case these days). I eventually snapped out of it and realized what was going on for them and for myself. it is a very scary place. I highly highly highly recommend you consider working in a place where you're seen as a person and not a diversity commodity. Where you will receive proper mentorship (I had a white male colleague tell me a story of mentorship he received. I attempted to seek the same out for myself from the same manager and was met with a "you're expecting too much" kind of attitude and continued to flounder for support. The unfortunate side effect of being in an environment like this, is you will rarely find someone who looks like you who is just as aware as you are. I sought the kind of support the company gave to white men of all ages and those with seniority at the company. I was met with "my my my...you're ambitious aren't you."

1.0
11 May 2017

Do yourself a favor and stay far away

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible hours, mostly friendly staff

Cons

Everything else. Pay is horrible, it's impossible to advance, upper management is a bunch of white dudes who don't understand how the internet or television works in the modern age, no one answers emails on time, they like to hire young people who don't understand that their salaries are garbage and only ever offer a 3% raise, management in general is horrible as most people skip out before 5pm, and worst of all there is an almost hilarious sense of self seriousness about things that don't matter and a general disregard for things that should. It's a very confused company that's going to wither and die if they don't open their eyes. Also: beware of extreme nepotism!

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