Decent - Production Director Salem Media Group Employee Review

2.0
Jan 31, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very flexible scheduling. Management is supporting of time off requests. Generally relaxed atmosphere.

Cons

These formats attract staff and clients that tend to be very judgmental and close minded. If you're super strong in your Christian faith and have no disagreements with the Republican party, you'll have a great time and find Salem a pleasing echo chamber. Otherwise, the programming and casual office conversation can be abrasive. Expect uninvited prayer and heavy conversations about abortion and 'the alphabet people'. Poor pay. After many years as a FT Salem employee, I still make just shy of the STARTING salary at other clusters in the market.

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Salem Media Group Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. We are sorry to hear that your outlook on Salem Media Group is other than positive. We would like to hear more from you so that we can appropriately address your comments & concerns. Please call Carmen Kisner, our VP of Human Resources, at 805-233-3129.

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Pros

Solid leadership Forward thinking Faith driven

Cons

Stations are run with lean staffing in some locations

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Salem Media Group Response
5mo
Thank you for sharing your experience and kind words about our leadership and mission. We appreciate your honest feedback about staffing and are always working to balance resources to best serve our teams and audiences. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors!
2.0
May 31, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great supportive local environment, people called to work there to support the mission.

Cons

Corporate digital leadership is disjointed and systems are chaotic. Actual delivered campaigns are inevitably flawed and mis managed. Retaliatory, narcisstic, abusive corporate digital leadership. Constant systems changes and zero assistance in navigating. More and more digital agency and other jobs outsourced to Asia. Salespeople are exhausted and burned out by programs failing. Zero accountability taken by Ad Ops team for mistakes or extrene lag time in responses from internal automated systems. Salary cuts to 'help the company' plays on the mission minded employees, taking advantage of employees good intentions by underpaying them compared to industry. No 401K match.

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