Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Furloughs: My traffic reports show the impact
About 34,000 U.S. employees are taking mandatory furloughs through the end of March -- an average 4,200 weekly -- and I'm feeling it in flat traffic that would ordinarily be rising.
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Correlation does not equal causation.
ReplyDeleteSo what you are saying is that folks only check the GB from work?
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping it is because people are actually spending their furloughs offline.
ReplyDeleteI'm on furlough and reading you. Stupid, huh?
ReplyDeleteI know of a lot of people who have planned vacations during their furloughs.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it is because there is nothing interesting to read here any more but your "What I'm doing now" clips and silly items meant to incite. I've been bored and only drop by here and there to see if there is anything. I've been let down lately so I'll try again in a week or so.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I left a comment a few days ago similar and it wasn't posted. I didn't call anyone names or anything, I just noted how boring things are. What's up with that?
8:29 pm: The comment you described should not have been deleted. I apologize if I did that. Please repost it, with a reference to this exchange, and I will be certain to look for it. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteJim, you must have missed the memo from Tara...the furloughs are part of the grand plan to shut you down...
ReplyDelete8:56 pm: LOL!
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine, still with Gannett, was recently furloughed for a week.
ReplyDeleteHe said it was great, financial considerations aside.
When he takes vacation time, he is constantly interrupted by calls from work.
The furlough rules say "no contact with work, no checking work e-mails, etc."
He said it was the first real vacation he's had in years.
When do we have about visitor number one million or did I miss that?
ReplyDeleteI seriously doubt your traffic is down due to furloughs. Not many can afford to take a vacation when they aren't getting paid so many are sitting at home with nothing to do.
Now you are doing what Gannett management does when readership is down: making excuses when it would be better to look at the product.
Visit No. 1 million was several weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteJim: you did a fine job dodging my question. Yes, you answeered the one million question but avoided part II. Sounds like some Gannett executives I've heard about!
ReplyDeleteOOh! The word verification word is "trani" Huh, huh huh huh, huh huh!
5:44 pm. Now, I am totally lost. Please restate your question.
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