Wednesday, November 19, 2008

10% Layoff Central: Your news, comments, here!

This open forum is for layoff-related comments: news, memos, etc., about the planned 10% workforce reduction set for early December. (Earlier editions.)
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9 comments:

  1. Jim11/18/2008 9:34 PM

    A friendly reminder: This open-comment post is for layoff-related stuff only. Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous11/18/2008 9:54 PM

    Does anyone have any more specifics on midwest papers, specifically Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin?

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  3. Anonymous11/18/2008 10:10 PM

    Psh. What a desperate sounding comment.

    -Mississippian

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  4. Anonymous11/18/2008 11:28 PM

    Does anyone know what happens to the exit interviews that you give to HR when you quit?

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  5. Anonymous11/18/2008 11:38 PM

    11:28p.m.: NADT (Not a darn thing) apparently. If those exit interviews were actually read, some of the current problems Gannett faces would not exist.....

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  6. Anonymous11/18/2008 11:44 PM

    At the Gannett paper I used to work for, the exit interviews were called an "antiquated practice" and had stopped being done at all. Apparently they had decided to completely give up on even the impression of listening to the employees.

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  7. Anonymous11/19/2008 9:12 AM

    No real exit interview where I worked. But there was a long questionnaire handed out.

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  8. Anonymous11/19/2008 7:17 PM

    Exit interviews are used primarily to make sure you don't come back and sue the company after you leave. They really don't care what you say as long as it isn't - my boss was harassing me or some other type of grievance.
    If you do decide to sue later, they can come back and say "gee, you didn't mention that in your exit interview."

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  9. Anonymous11/19/2008 10:47 PM

    Ditto on the desperate cry for information re: Minnesota. Yeah, that means St. Cloud.

    Gannett could make some cash contracting out the perpetrators of this waiting game to the military for use at Gitmo.

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