A temporary forum, solely for Detroit layoff reports. (Archives.)
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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Jim says: "Proceed with caution; this is a free-for-all comment zone. I try to correct or clarify incorrect information. But I can't catch everything. Please keep your posts focused on Gannett and media-related subjects. Note that I occasionally review comments in advance, to reject inappropriate ones. And I ignore hostile posters, and recommend you do, too."
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There were comments here and now they're gone. Even comments the blog owner deletes should stay if there is to be any credibility or transparency. We need to see it all, even if only to see the line "delete by blog owner."
ReplyDeleteEvery time I remove a comment, the following message appears behind: "This post has been removed by a blog administrator."
ReplyDeleteIf you don't see that message, then nothing has been removed.
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ReplyDeleteOr the earlier comments were on the first version of this thread. There were five messages in that one, though none offered any useful information. It's like we're all running into walls. (Like when Patty or Selma imagined the offpring with Hans Moleman)
ReplyDeletePatty and Selma!
ReplyDeleteJim said...
ReplyDeleteEvery time I remove a comment, the following message appears behind: "This post has been removed by a blog administrator."
If you don't see that message, then nothing has been removed.
5/19/2009 9:39 AM
Then you had better check to see what is going on because this is not always the case. Or just call me a liar and be done with it.
6:09 am: Misinformed? Perhaps. Lying? Doubtful.
ReplyDeleteWhat sound does a tumbleweed make when going through a ghost town or this Detroit Confidential section?
ReplyDeleteA note from Free Press Publisher and Editor Paul Anger just posted to staff:
ReplyDeleteFolks,
Because of the continued, severe economic decline, we are taking several steps to reduce newsroom expenses, including more significant cuts in non-payroll expenses.
As part of the process, we are also forced to reduce staff in many newsroom job classifications.
Reductions will involve about 10% of both bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit staff. Here are bargaining unit job classifications that will have reductions, and the number of positions we plan to reduce in each:
Editorial Writers - 1
Part-time Reporters - 4
Artists - 2
Picture Editors - 1
Librarian - 1
News Archivist - 1
Designers - 1
Sports Agate Editors - 2
Editorial Research Assistants - 1
Part-time Editorial Research Assistant - 1
Copy Editors - 1
Part-Time Copy Editors - 2
Part-Time Web Editors - 2
Bargaining unit members in the affected classifications above will have 30 days to volunteer for severance, effective today. That period ends with the close of business on Friday, June 19. We expect to notify all staff members who are affected by the reductions by Monday, June 22, with departures effective Tuesday, June 23. We reserve the right to decline offers if we receive too many volunteers in a particular classification.
Because severance terms for bargaining unit positions vary based on each employee's start date, please refer to the contract, Article XIV, for specifics. Severance will be paid as a salary continuation.
We will be respectful of the staff members who will be departing and of the process over the next 30 days. This is a difficult time, and we all recognize that.
Staff meetings for all Free Pressers will be held in the Academy at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. today to answer any questions you have.
-- Paul