If you're so unhappy, why do you stay?

[Youplus]

There is not one manager at the station that is a minority. There are tons of qualified minorities but would you want to work at a place where there are so few minorities. Low pay, the people that work there are not happy you can see it on many people's faces. Plus with a simple Google search, you will find all the problems the station is having. The only people coming here are the ones who really need a job and this is their only chance to move up a market size.

[sinklair]

Everyone they bring in can quickly see that this is one f’ed up station. That’s why we can’t keep or recruit good people. Low pay coupled by low morale. 12 and 5 may not be much better. But there is no effort to fix these problems by the GM, HR or News Director.

[Beerbong]

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4. Low minority representation. You have to hire from the pool of best candidates available. I repeat. You have to hire from the pool of best candidates available. To think that there is some super secret scheme to not hire minorities is ridiculous.

Are you implying that there are no people of color in this pool of best candidates available?

Not at all. I don’t know how you got that out of my statement. It’s pretty straight forward. If you have a job opening you hire the best candidate from all of the applicants.

[sinklair]

Beer: that’s not necessarily how hiring needs to be done. Good stations are recruiting all the time, they network, they partner with organizations to find good candidates and they work with universities to develop a pool of candidates for important or hard to fill positions. None of the current managers are currently doing this. That’s why they fail when it comes to finding a diverse candidate pool. It actually takes ongoing effort. And as we’ve identified in other posts, management at 25-65 is part of the problem by setting a poor example.

[Herm]

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4. Low minority representation. You have to hire from the pool of best candidates available. I repeat. You have to hire from the pool of best candidates available. To think that there is some super secret scheme to not hire minorities is ridiculous.

Are you implying that there are no people of color in this pool of best candidates available?

Not at all. I don’t know how you got that out of my statement. It’s pretty straight forward. If you have a job opening you hire the best candidate from all of the applicants.

It was your response to a low minority representation at the station. That is how I got that out of your statement. Don’t play dumb.
If your pool of applicants all look the same and they all look like your managers and they don’t look like a proper representation of your community... then you have two choices.
1. Say... “oh well... this is our pool of available candidates”.
2. Find a different pool.

Apparently... you’re cool with option 1.

[Herm]

Beer: that’s not necessarily how hiring needs to be done. Good stations are recruiting all the time, they network, they partner with organizations to find good candidates and they work with universities to develop a pool of candidates for important or hard to fill positions. None of the current managers are currently doing this. That’s why they fail when it comes to finding a diverse candidate pool. It actually takes ongoing effort. And as we’ve identified in other posts, management at 25-65 is part of the problem by setting a poor example.

Exactly

[Beerbong]

I wish you guys well in your quest to change the world. With the way the industry is changing, I think you have a long row to hoe.
I don’t think public shaming is the answer, but it seems to be the way the world is.
I never met a person in this business that didn’t think they should be paid more for the work they do, including myself. The stark reality is, you’re only worth what the market will bear..

[Beerbong]

I don’t think this thread will change much. Sin will still be on the job looking for change. People will apply for jobs. Some will get hired, others won’t. Some will stay, some will go. Some will make the best of their opportunities, others won’t. Oh, I just realized you have an Easter egg hunt also! Shit! I love Easter egg hunts!

[sinklair]

Beer: if you love Easter Egg hunts, apply here: sbgi.net.

[Beerbong]

Beer: if you love Easter Egg hunts, apply here: sbgi.net.

If I wasn't retired I would.

[sinklair]

You can still be retired... we don’t pay.

[Beerbong]

Then I guess that makes you the fool.

[sinklair]

Nope, I get paid in grilled cheese sandwiches. Yum!

[Beerbong]

Nope, I get paid in grilled cheese sandwiches. Yum!

Bon appétit!