NOVA Entertainment creates whistleblower program for reporting misconduct

Too little too late from NOVA, so disappointing. They have to do something, for all the years good people have been treated badly by a senior member and then not heard. Just another way to protect this person so they continue on in their role. Wake up NOVA – leopards never change their spots.

Well that line will be very busy ……………

How hilarious. Too late Nova. Are you sure this is a good idea?? You’ll be inundated!

Why is it taking so long to make the change? We all know the bloody story.

It’s well known throughout the industry who this person is. At what point do you stop protecting this person and start protecting your brand?

Damage control mode activated.

Can the executives who protected him – and stood by while staff had borderline breakdowns – also be held accountable by this whistleblower line?

Employees have already spoken up for 10 years and the dozens of people who were brave enough to put a face to their complaints are now suffering emotionally and financially because of it.

Unless he is held accountable, anything done now is purely for show.

Shame on you nova

This is literally incredible…. INCREDIBLE. There’s closing the stable door after the horse has bolted… and then there’s thinking about maybe building a stable, after the horse has been turned into glue.

I can’t report things from 2018 can I?

This is almost laughable.

Read every exit interview letter at [retracted], that’s all the information you’d need.

Nobody would call because the minute you speak up your swipe card is disabled.

The amount of human resources, legal fees, hush payments, redundancy payments and non productivity alone to manage this persons behavior would amount to tens of millions of dollars.

Given it’s obvious that all decisions made to date to protect this person have been based on $, isn’t it time.

Or do we need to start getting your paying advertisers to help change your tune

Who is protecting this person?

When I complained a dozen years ago about bullying at Nova I was told “oh that’s just the way it is. You have to find a way to make it work.” and here’s a small pay rise to keep you happy.

As someone who works for Nova I’ve always been proud of working for this company. Today I’m no longer proud to work for Nova Entertainment. We don’t want token initiatives to make it look like you’re doing something – we want you to do the right thing and remove this person from the company.

From what I can tell we have never had a problem with staff speaking up, the problem has been what NE has done with that information, and who they continue to protect.

This is a massive f#$k y%u to all staff, they treat us like idiots.

How about you sit down with the men and women who used to work there and find out the truth and maybe then you’ll realize we’re not disgruntled about being forced out of there. We’re disgruntled because the person responsible for ruining our lives got a pay rise and additional responsibility. After knowing everything he has done

Having worked for this company for many years, I ended up giving up and leaving when nothing was done about the bullying and the horrendous behaviours of top and middle level management. I experienced bullying first hand and watched it happen to many others also.

A filthy, bullying culture is deeply engrained within every department of this business. It is rife at every level.

If you complain/raise your concerns, nothing is ever dealt with formally nor professionally. Too many great and talented people have had no choice but to leave Nova, and each and every former employee would have suffered great emotional and financial losses.

Fish rot from the head down as they saying goes.

This is hilarious. What about all the people that did speak up about him and got fired for it? There should be some sort of compensation for the stress and anxiety so many people have suffered at the hands of the unknown person that everyone knows the name of!

One of the problems with these whistleblower frameworks is that if you’re not confident with or don’t trust those who coordinate it, you are hampered if you proceed in a more comfortable way to deal with the inappropriate behaviour. Often, the framework demands you first confront the alleged abuser. Where you do not comply with their system, the CEO of your station, who you would think would be the ultimate stopgap in such situations, is advised you’re not willing to participate in the program and advised not to help you.

When are the other networks doing the same thing?

There are at least two male executives at my company who would cause many people to participate in a whistleblower program.

He should resign. But that would take selflessness. Launch an investigation Nova. And if you don’t or if you exclude ex employees from the investigation, this won’t stop.

Having a whistleblower program to receive complaints is one thing, acting and resolving the issues are a whole new ball game. In this industry where as long as your bull***t doesn’t exceed your talent, you pretty much can get away with anything.