Management can't figure it out - Anonymous employee CNN Employee Review

1.0
May 12, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits - extensive time off. The "little people" work their butts off

Cons

Senior management can't figure out what they want the network to be. News? Scripted shows? Politics? Because they can't figure it out, they let people go. Also, everything is very "siloed" so each group has no idea what the other group is working on. Shows compete against each other for guests or pieces. You have to try to do everything 15 times because there is no central authority saying "This is how we are doing it and everyone will use this guest or piece."

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