Working at Waterman Broadcasting Corp. in Fort Myers, FL: 7 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Fort Myers, FL Area

"Newly instituted pay-caps (Revealed in emails after receiving pay cuts) Worked there for 27 years and got a 25% pay cut via email. Inconsistent leadership (Department head shows up to yell at crew when there's trouble. HR doesn't care about employees. They make sounds like they care and handles problems between other employees, but always defends management. Management preaches a "family atmosphere", then department heads communicate important info via email rather than face-to-face and some never returns calls. Management also plays favorites with departments (siding against production every time) and also favoritism within departments. With the pay cap, there's no incentive to work hard unless you're trying to be promoted because you'll cap after about 3 years. While the news techs get hired and quit very fast (guaranteeing mandatory overtime), the directors and supervisors usually stay for years. News Techs have to work excessive overtime because of being constantly short-staffed (very high turn-over rate). They have no say in it. Overtime is mandatory with no room for discussion. 10-hours/ day 5 or 6 days/ week. In some rare instances, 2 weeks with no day off. The Newstechs and directors are the last line before mistakes hit air. They're also the ones who get in the most trouble when it happens. Catch 100 mistakes and there's no recognition. Miss one and you get in trouble. Health insurance is literally the worst I've ever seen. Way too expensive for minimal coverage. Almost worth not having insurance at all. As a director, I've seen supervisors and the department head, complain about the performance of news techs (and other directors), but say nothing until it's time for their yearly review as opposed to confronting them earlier so they can correct any issues before they get a bad review."

"I worked for Waterman for 27 years.While they do pay a little better than the other stations in the market, you do twice the work because it's 2 stations in one. Newly instituted pay-caps (Revealed in emails after receiving pay cuts) Inconsistent leadership (Department head shows up to yell at crew when there's trouble. HR doesn't care about employees. They make sounds like they care and handles problems between other employees, but always defends management. HR also agrees with management not working with employees when employees need time off or other things. If they don't have to work with you on something, they won't. Management preaches a "family atmosphere", then department heads communicate important info via email rather than face-to-face and some never returns calls. Management also plays favorites with departments (siding against production every time) and also favoritism within departments. With the pay cap, there's no incentive to work hard unless you're trying to be promoted because you'll cap fairly quickly. News Techs have to work excessive overtime because of being constantly short-staffed (very high turn-over rate). They have no say in it. Overtime is mandatory with no room for discussion. 10-hours/ day 5 or 6 days/ week. In some rare instances, 2 weeks with no day off. The Newstechs and directors are the last line before mistakes hit air. They're also the ones who get in the most trouble when it happens. Catch 100 mistakes and there's no recognition. Miss one and you get in trouble. No Christmas bonus. Only a gift card for Honey Baked Ham Co. Health insurance is literally the worst I've ever seen. Way too expensive for minimal coverage. I considered just dropping it altogether. As a director, I've seen supervisors and the department head, complain about the performance of news techs (and other directors), but say nothing until it's time for their yearly review as opposed to confronting them earlier so they can correct any issues ahead of time."

"I've worked at Waterman Broadcasting for 8+ years. The company offers great work/life balance, competitive compensation, 401k match, health and dental benefits, and promotes from within regularly."

"I have worked for Waterman Broadcasting the past 14 years and have worked with a number of great people and supervisors. I only wish I hadn't have made everything run so efficiently there that they found they didn't need my services 40 hours each week anymore. Most of duties I was in charge of doing have been outsourced and now I only do the tasks that the companies they are outsourcing with cannot do."

"I've worked for Waterman for several years and it has been very good to me but I need a change. I've gone as far as I can go within the company, every time there is an opening in another department, I get a lecture about how they have to do what's best for the company."

"Waterman Broadcasting is a good stepping stone in careers, but you can't rely on being there until retirement unless you are one of the top 1%...or friends with them."