When I graduated from college in 2010, the goal was straightforward: get hired at a major media company. It was the logical next step for someone who majored in journalism and was interested in working in television or radio production—why would I want to be anywhere other than the top?
I got my foot in the door and spent the next decade working at a variety of companies and corporations in the upper echelon of TV and radio production, and while I learned a lot about production and media, I also learned some unexpected lessons—hard lessons. Lessons that knocked the rose-colored glasses right off my face.
It wasn’t all bad, but some was more difficult than I ever anticipated. In sharing my thoughts and experiences here, I’m hoping that maybe just one person will go into their next big-corp-job with their eyes open a little wider than before. Maybe just one more person will learn the power of the paper trail and save themselves from a huge loss like I did.
Some of the holiday parties were cool (MLB Network rented out all of Chelsea Piers for a night of free drinking and gaming), and the perks could be fun (TBS gifted me box seats to see Coldplay at Barclay’s), but at the end of the day, all I really wanted was fair pay, decent benefits, and to be free of harassment. The former was easier to come by than the latter, and I’m breaking it down in the second episode of the Write All Along podcast. Listen up top or catch the YouTube video below.
P.S. If you “subscribed” to the YouTube channel I shared last time, it was the wrong one, because technology stays one step ahead of me. If you could give this channel a subscribe instead, I’ll be forever grateful.
P.P.S. Got a lesson of your own to share? Drop it in the comments.
If you want to read the piece I referenced in the podcast, which details my tango with Human Resources, you’ll find it here:
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