Working at Sinclair Broadcast Group in Chattanooga, TN: 1 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Chattanooga, TN Area

"In sales, you are given your budget for the month 2 weeks before the beginning of the month. Budgets are unattainable. When budgets are not met, AEs are penalized with additional meetings, paperwork and micro management overkill. Proposal packages are created to benefit the station, not the client. Each year the commission structure is up for review based on annual station budgets which are rarely met. This means the commission structure they promise you upon employment can change. Additionally, Sinclair LOVES to find ways to keep your commission. If clients do not pay by a set date to a PO BOX address in Texas, AEs are not paid their commission. This PO BOX is the lone address for payments from ALL Sinclair stations in all markets. This means hundreds of thousands of checks coming in each month to one address. You can guarantee at least 20%-40% of that commission you earned will not be paid to you. Did I mention potential clients have to sign up for a payment portal? Clients can pay by credit card for a $20 fee. To most local direct clients, this is a nightmare. For agencies with heavy turnover, it's almost impossible to get changes made through this portal, which was not tested, it was launched in all markets at the same time, causing complete chaos. This should give you some idea of the thought process that goes into the many "programs" you must learn to be a proper AE with Sinclair. Between managing existing business, collecting payments, cold calls, meetings, reports, learning new software systems and digital products, creating proposals for potential new clients, agency makegoods, discrepancies and posts, it is almost impossible to get out of the office to make sales calls, which is the main purpose of the account executive. Low company morale. Avoid this company. Notice high turnover rate. Read the non-compete, you are trapped with Sinclair."