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nightfly61
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Actually you're supposed to listen to the competition, or at least get an intern to do it. Especially spot blocks.Ur-A-Dawg said:
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Signs that a jock is a burnout
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Dawg, that guy isn't that bad. The worse kind of burn out, is the guy who tears down his own station.
He calls the manager or owner a f---ing idiot and compares the station to a sinking Titanic. He
compares his boss to the fool rearanging the deck chairs as the ship sinks. Of course, this is
what he does behind the back. To the manager's face, he pretends to be a good friend.
People like this can make the boss burn out!!!!!!!!!
He calls the manager or owner a f---ing idiot and compares the station to a sinking Titanic. He
compares his boss to the fool rearanging the deck chairs as the ship sinks. Of course, this is
what he does behind the back. To the manager's face, he pretends to be a good friend.
People like this can make the boss burn out!!!!!!!!!
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nightfly61
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You use the "copy entire shift" feature for an entire week or until someone notices, only updating the weather. No one ever does notice & you wouldn't know it if they did because the request lines are always off the hook 
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A certain salesperson annoys you, so the next time you have to produce a spot for one of their clients you sound lifeless & find the dullest, most bland music bed to throw behind it. You know to only do this & turn it in the day before being on vacation so as to not have to rework it yourself.
Your best friends at the station are the television & the answering machine directing the caller to someone elses voice mail.
You have contests with other burned out jocks to see who can voice track their shift the quickest. I personally was the king of "speed voice tracking" 8)
.A certain salesperson annoys you, so the next time you have to produce a spot for one of their clients you sound lifeless & find the dullest, most bland music bed to throw behind it. You know to only do this & turn it in the day before being on vacation so as to not have to rework it yourself
.Your best friends at the station are the television & the answering machine directing the caller to someone elses voice mail.
You have contests with other burned out jocks to see who can voice track their shift the quickest. I personally was the king of "speed voice tracking" 8)
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rosie
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How about when you pull ratings that the station has never seen before. You havent had a day off in months, you keep doing more for some stupid reason, (because you love it, the paycheck isnt worth taking a leak on) and all that you get is nothing. Not even a pat on the back which would keep you going strong for at least another week. Maybe two. But no..
Burnouts happen!
Burnouts happen!
>When General Sales Managers become General Managers of new corporate clusters.
>Sales staff have more influence with the Corporate VP of Programming than the PDs and the on-air people.
>Sales girls come to work dressed like they're working at a strip club and can't sell the #2 rated station in the market, but have no problem selling their favorite format #8 rated station.
>When the bean counters decide to replace the heritage rock station with La Grande D Spanish because it's an easier sell for people that have no sales training.
>Sales staff have more influence with the Corporate VP of Programming than the PDs and the on-air people.
>Sales girls come to work dressed like they're working at a strip club and can't sell the #2 rated station in the market, but have no problem selling their favorite format #8 rated station.
>When the bean counters decide to replace the heritage rock station with La Grande D Spanish because it's an easier sell for people that have no sales training.
Sounds like a few of you could use a vacation! ;D
Didn't we all get into radio because it was a "fun" job? If you can't enjoy this job, then I have some sad news for you -- It's a lot tougher in the real world! Try busting your ass working on a shipping deck, or standing in one place all day doing mindless factory work. Trust me, a four-hour shift on the air is a dream for the average citizen! If you're burned out, spend a week in the Caribbean sipping rum punch. Or go hiking in norther California for a few days. Either way, realize how good you really have it and stop bitching! :-*
Didn't we all get into radio because it was a "fun" job? If you can't enjoy this job, then I have some sad news for you -- It's a lot tougher in the real world! Try busting your ass working on a shipping deck, or standing in one place all day doing mindless factory work. Trust me, a four-hour shift on the air is a dream for the average citizen! If you're burned out, spend a week in the Caribbean sipping rum punch. Or go hiking in norther California for a few days. Either way, realize how good you really have it and stop bitching! :-*
ilovelucy said:
I agree..good observation...
ilovelucy said:
Amen...I work in a production enviornment standing on concrete for up to 10 hours at a time, not "mindless" work by any means, but physically demanding at times..my back and legs tell me so! When I was doing radio on weekends (in addition to my full-time job), a 6-hour air shift in a nice air-conditioned studio seemed like a walk in the park compared to my full-time job. The downside was that the money wasn't that great, but it bought some groceries and gas. You gotta like what you're doing, otherwise you should be thinking about a new career or perhaps taking a nice long break.
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nightfly61
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I believe that's why this thread was started, for people wanting to vent and not for those of you in radio Utopia like ilovelucy. This is just a thread, you don't have to bring your suck*** mentality to those of us who've heard it all before.ilovelucy said:
Hah!
and as if any jock can afford a week in the Carribean. That's a good one.
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radioindy
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Burnout and inadequecy starts at the top. Wherever there is jock burnout, chances are it started with the riding of management, resulting in high turnover. Look at any station with high turnover, and you'll find a station that fosters jock burnout.
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nightfly61
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I once worked at a station where the P.D & M.D would get in actual fistfights & end up rolling on the office floor fighting a couple times a month! Talk about a battle of egos.
It's a sad irony that the people who started out with the most passion and idealism, who care the most about the product, stay late and come in on days off to make it better, are the most prone to suffer burnout.
Employees with lower expectations of finding satisfaction in their jobs, conversely, are more likely to thrive. They go on to become cheerful corporate cogs, and look for personal fulfillment in life outside work.
Building a great radio station requires hiring and managing a mix of these types.
If you're burned out, see if there's something which would better reward your creativity and hard work. Develop a syndicated show, or look to some of the opportunities presented by the internet. Quit tossing the keys to your personal happiness to a guy who became your boss by being the sales department's top-biller.
Life's too short to stay unhappy and bitch about it.
Employees with lower expectations of finding satisfaction in their jobs, conversely, are more likely to thrive. They go on to become cheerful corporate cogs, and look for personal fulfillment in life outside work.
Building a great radio station requires hiring and managing a mix of these types.
If you're burned out, see if there's something which would better reward your creativity and hard work. Develop a syndicated show, or look to some of the opportunities presented by the internet. Quit tossing the keys to your personal happiness to a guy who became your boss by being the sales department's top-biller.
Life's too short to stay unhappy and bitch about it.
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richmcdonald
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Great comment and I couldnt agree more. I would like to know where this idea originated that we come to work for personal happiness and fullfillment. Never have I reiceved a job and was told that your duty here is to search for happiness and satisfaction. Its service, work is work. If a person says they love their job they are stuck in a affirmation of some sort. The bottom line, work sucks and everyone hates to work, its human nature. For fullfillment go to church, family, friends or where ever. But a place of business is not the place to come for it. their does come a time to move on. Some folks can not tell when that time is so they hang around untill some manager has to fire them. My gosh, if all you do is read a liner cards a few times an hour, segue songs and do some prod and your burned out! What the heck? ???
You left out a few dozen hotline callsrichmcdonald said:
richmcdonald said:
I agree. It's the age of entitlement.
richmcdonald said:
Perhaps not WHY we work ... housing, food, clothing and the stuff we believe takes to live is why we work for money. We also work to pay for things that allegedly bring happiness, such as sports and recreation (and toys). But that does not mean that work has to be a living hell.
Believe it or not, there are people who work for satisfaction ... the feeling of accomplishment. They COULD move on to a job that pays the same or better ... or that has better hours ... but there is something about the job they have that gives them a special thrill.
Burnout is when the thrill is gone ... whatever made the job special isn't there any more. The job HAS become "a job" ... punch the clock, do something, go home.
I'm not ready to give up ... and I don't believe people should. They should find the work they love and do it to the best of their ability. Satisfaction should not be discarded.
PTBoardOp94 said:You left out a few dozen hotline callsrichmcdonald said:
If people would start using their brain, the boss wouldn't have to use the hotline so often!
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