But job reductions in the future may be handled differently: Corporate could eliminate a few jobs here and there, without making a formal announcement. That's what happened in the spring 2009 stealth round. So, starting today, I'm keeping a running total for each quarter, based on comments posted by readers, publishers' memos, and published stories. I'll update the list as information is vetted. You'll find a permanent link to the following Layoff Tracker list in the green sidebar, upper right.Gannett Blog's Layoff Tracker
The estimated total layoffs and other cuts so far for the current quarter: 826. (A ??? means information needs further verification or is missing.)
- Brevard: 10
- Cincinnati: 15
- Clarksville, Jackson, Murfreesboro, Tenn.: 5
- Honolulu: 600 (story)
- USA Today: 22??? (doesn't include 26 in December)
- USA Weekend: 8
- Westchester: 166
Jim, are these layoffs at USA Today verified layoffs, or just pulled from that anonymous post from today? If it's from that post, you need to qualify that this information has not been confirmed. Why raise the panic level?
ReplyDelete8:58 p.m.: An individual I know told me about recent advertising layoffs at USA Today; they didn't mention layoffs in other departments, however. As I said, I'm waiting for further confirmation on this before I remove the ???s.
ReplyDeleteOf course, it would have helped if I had included the ??? in the original post. I've now updated it.
ReplyDeleteWant's the good in publishing unverified information? I could lay a load of crap on you and you would publish it with an "inverified question mark" caveat? That Doesn't sound like responsible journalism to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you are going to publish the dribs and drabs why not go back 20+ years at USA TODAY because there have been regular layoffs since the second year there.
What you're doing is raising the fear level just like our government does to get a reaction. I'm sure the goal is to create more hits for your site. You're not in this to help Gannett employees, you're in this for your own greed. Fess up.
This is the (imperfect) way I've counted workforce reductions since Day 1. It's generally resulted in an undercount, however. Corporate has never provided this level of detail. That said, I'm open to suggestions for better methods.
ReplyDeleteHey Anonymous 9:23, how much is the company paying you to trash Jim and the blog? He doesn't earn any money doing this, get YOUR facts straight.
ReplyDeleteFort Myers management is telling their sales staff that they are only going to keep the "good ones". And they wonder why the staff is demotivated?? How about believing your sales staff is the best and motivating them to go out and sell??? Definite ad management problems in Fort Myers. There has been so many changes in staff and reductions that advertisers don't even know who to talk to anymore. They lost all their good dependable, hard-working, successful sales reps and managers.
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