tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post124122379722536157..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Donovan on buyouts: Revenue 'well short' of planJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78255136392536634742008-05-13T11:02:00.000-04:002008-05-13T11:02:00.000-04:00We find the amount of corrections and reworking is...We find the amount of corrections and reworking is equal to the salary of a more consistently accurate worker with less aggravation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4911139968846527162008-05-12T16:12:00.000-04:002008-05-12T16:12:00.000-04:00Two words anon 12:24: Institutional knowledge.Two words anon 12:24: Institutional knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22313435482050737022008-05-12T15:24:00.000-04:002008-05-12T15:24:00.000-04:00Backbone? Please, there's plenty of old-timers mak...Backbone? Please, there's plenty of old-timers making fat salaries simply because someone is writing a check. It's time someone pushed them out.<BR/><BR/>Now, the Courier Post can hire two reporters on that one salary, and they'll work themselves to death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85915019492154140492008-05-11T02:24:00.000-04:002008-05-11T02:24:00.000-04:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE5k2euahDI&feature...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE5k2euahDI&feature=relatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38507533788701299052008-05-10T22:00:00.000-04:002008-05-10T22:00:00.000-04:00Utterly Crushed again: I meant from the C-P newsro...Utterly Crushed again: I meant from the C-P newsroom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2449764260698007202008-05-10T06:58:00.000-04:002008-05-10T06:58:00.000-04:00Hey, utterly crushed, where have you been? Designe...Hey, utterly crushed, where have you been? Designers are in the process of being outsourced to India. And no talk of a severance package for those left behind. I believe even those designers that fit into the 55/15 qualifier are exempt, as per Jim's next article (below) about Statewide Layoffs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58989327120250849332008-05-09T23:11:00.000-04:002008-05-09T23:11:00.000-04:00The party leadership is very angry with management...The party leadership is very angry with management for its failure to increase the misery factor for workers and compel more of them to resign at no cost to the company. The formula had worked so effectively for years. Now the leading chain has to stoop to pay off the workers AND pay part of their unemployment tab. Gott im Himmel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58119035027876238882008-05-09T22:14:00.000-04:002008-05-09T22:14:00.000-04:00I am utterly crushed. This move will gut the Couri...I am utterly crushed. This move will gut the Courier-Post newsroom. We've had many young reporters breeze in and out of here over the years, but the lifers (most of them, anyway) have been the backbone of the paper. Is there no end to the evisceration? <BR/><BR/>Prediction: Next, they'll outsource copy editors and designers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65716059029097451342008-05-09T20:00:00.000-04:002008-05-09T20:00:00.000-04:00Is it possible Morristown is about to be sold and ...Is it possible Morristown is about to be sold and that's why it isn't on the buyouts list? Anyone heard any rumblings like that? Morristown's absence is puzzling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48061866291502919162008-05-09T19:18:00.000-04:002008-05-09T19:18:00.000-04:00By next friday, that is insane. When the buyouts h...By next friday, that is insane. When the buyouts happened in December at least the employees had time to meet with financial advisors and lawyers to go over the details of the buyout. Gannett has no shame, what would be the harm in giving them a few weeks to go over it? <BR/> Is this only a NJ thing or will other troubled operations such as Westchester soon follow?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32776971847752709682008-05-09T18:33:00.000-04:002008-05-09T18:33:00.000-04:00Employees, at least at Asbury Park, have to decide...Employees, at least at Asbury Park, have to decide by next Friday whether to take the offer, and would be gone a week later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80887963781148628262008-05-09T18:25:00.000-04:002008-05-09T18:25:00.000-04:00Off with their heads. How sad. And then the $10 ...Off with their heads. How sad. And then the $10 million in revenues come back next year...and then what???<BR/><BR/>Is Donovan giving a portion of his $300,000 salary? <BR/><BR/>Collins is out having a beer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-77889784085526856212008-05-09T18:12:00.000-04:002008-05-09T18:12:00.000-04:00Does anyone have any information as to why Morrist...Does anyone have any information as to why Morristown Daily Record wasn't included in the buyout? Their numbers aren't exactly shining, either!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com