PBS Reviews

The major downside of PBS is that 90% of the upper management are white. There is hardly any diversity when it comes to 'positions in power.' Their audience is underserved communities (whom are a majority of BIPOC), and most of the PBS staff are white and can't really relate to living in an underserved community. It rubbed me as an almost 'White Savior' mentality. They do great work there, but at times I felt that the white voices drowned out the minorities that worked there. It would have been great to see more people of color in higher positions and more upward mobility. One of my co-workers had to work under a boss who was problematic; Would use micro-aggressions and belittle them in front of contractors, and also would gaslight them whenever they brought up these issues. This issue was pushed to the side by upper management and never dealt with. The same boss would do it to other minorities on other teams in meetings and it was also pushed under the rug. For being a non-profit that serves underserved communities, it's my hope that they do better when it comes to diversity & inclusion trainings for their staff, deal with prejudices amongst their staff and hire more people of color in management positions.

Many things others have said are true - low pay, difficult to advance, lack of innovation, passive aggressive employees, etc. But even worse than that, the culture is extremely toxic. Many managers are rude and disrespectful to staff, yet are still supported and even promoted by management. For people of color, the situation is particularly bad. I repeatedly heard other employees making racist and insensitive comments without any concern about professionalism or what is appropriate in the workplace. This may have been specific to the digital/marketing department, but the fact that this behavior was allowed to persist for so long speaks to the values of the larger organization.