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Except where indicated, choose one answer. (The correct answers are in the comments section, below.)
1. CEOs are underpaid: True or false?
The Unofficial Gannett Co. Inc. Job Interview™
Except where indicated, choose one answer. (The correct answers are in the comments section, below.)
1. CEOs are underpaid: True or false?
- A. True
- B. False
- A. an international media and marketing solutions company
- B. one of the world's largest marketing communications networks
- C. a global creative communications company
- A. Four hours
- B. 5 hours and 23 minutes
- C. Stupid question; they should have taken the Corporate jet!
- A. Watergate
- B. Poopgate
- C. Troopergate
- A. The combined annual wages of 742 Gannett employees paid $50,000 a year
- B. The combined cost of 12,366 Madelyn Jennings college scholarships at $3,000 each
- C. The appropriate exit payment to a CEO for his dedication and for the solid foundation he has laid for the company going forward
- A. Ordered another round of unpaid furloughs
- B. Eliminated reserved parking for top executives
- C. Announced the first major purchase of iPhones -- five years after the company introduced the concept of newsroom MoJos
- A. 5:27
- B. 27:5
- A. The formula for calculating a CEO’s $37.1 million retirement and severance payout for his having championed our consumers and their ever-changing needs for news and information
- B. Einstein’s theory of relativity
Answers
ReplyDelete1. B (Trick question: CEOs aren’t merely underpaid; they’re grossly underpaid)
2. A (Note: B and C are the advertising agencies Saatchi and Saatchi and McCann Worldwide)
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A, B and C
7. A
8. A
Such a waste of space. Should have sent this to a design center.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of a freak would want to hitch their wagons to Gannett. This company does not value their employees and treats them like garbage - to be disposed of. Just read this blog for 15 minutes and you would have to realize what a toxic place Gannett is. Avoid at all costs!
ReplyDeleteI like working here. I've worked hard, kept my skills updated and I've made a good living,
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to be a pathological liar to be a Gannett Executive Editor...but it sure helps.
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