Hit or miss depending on your local market - Media Strategist Salem Media Group Employee Review

1.0
Apr 29, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Owned and operated websites, podcasts, personalities etc.

Cons

This is not to reflect on the entire org, just the management in the northeast. Delisted by NASDAQ, selling off assets/stations, desperate sales management, bipolar office environment, mostly negative sales meetings berating sales when they've been on board only several weeks:) Reeked of desperation. accusatory, you know nothing, they know everything. Misrepresented the oppty. compensation, time in office. Also, a selling sales manager is never a positive, poaching, zero transparency. You're essentially an entry-level business development rep feeding opps to mgmt. Then because they're under so much pressure they skip steps in the sales process to get deals in by the end of the month jeopardizing the entire deal. Meanwhile, corporate training is outcome strategic selling, not transactional sales. Look out if the oppty goes beyond three calls, all hell will break loose. They also outsource some of the key services that you sell, don't even do it in-house. Heck you can go 1099 and partner up and do that on your own if you want to start an agency. This is a legacy media/radio company that's trying to go digital yet their still stuck in the stone age

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Salem Media Group Response
2y
Thank you for sharing your insights regarding your time at Salem Media Group. We're genuinely sorry to hear about the challenges you faced, particularly with management in the northeast. We take your feedback seriously and will address these concerns internally to foster a more supportive and positive work environment. Your suggestions regarding streamlining our markets, implementing a unified CRM system, and embracing digital transformation are valuable. We are committed to continuously improving our processes and technologies to better serve our team members and clients alike. We would like to hear more from you, please contact us at hr@salemmedia.com or 805-233-3129. We appreciate your insights and wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

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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
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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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