tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post2687616637901302038..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Urgent: Employment report carries a silver lining: despite anemic growth, jobless rate falls to 7.8%Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6818565574331107172012-10-06T19:32:29.151-04:002012-10-06T19:32:29.151-04:00No one believes it dropped
to 7.8% !No one believes it dropped<br />to 7.8% !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8354831803482686182012-10-06T10:55:17.390-04:002012-10-06T10:55:17.390-04:0011:52, we could argue a long time about the 99ers,...11:52, we could argue a long time about the 99ers, but this is clear --<br /><br />in today's work-world, you are your best friend. Don't rely on others to "help" you - help yourself. <br /><br />Max your skills. Learn new ones. Have a plan. Look at ol' Jim - he found a new niche.<br /><br />Is the worst over for newspapers? No one - nobody - can say for sure. But it is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41779403422726062462012-10-05T23:52:28.622-04:002012-10-05T23:52:28.622-04:00many of the 99ers were former Gannett employees. G...many of the 99ers were former Gannett employees. Gannett is a major contributor to the unemployment number.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90849223729409627472012-10-05T19:53:51.535-04:002012-10-05T19:53:51.535-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76893764691166687242012-10-05T13:34:15.794-04:002012-10-05T13:34:15.794-04:00ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Some states still have 99 wee...ALICE IN WONDERLAND<br /><br />Some states still have 99 weeks of unemployment, with tens of millions unemployed/under-employed -- and we're supposed to be happy?<br /><br />Alice, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit -- they're all here. Jack Ryan, Jeri Ryan's ex-husband, was only the first.<br /><br />Refuse to be a sap for this kind of ridiculous, surreal neo-Gannettoid-istic insanity. In the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29401801762635940812012-10-05T12:50:25.897-04:002012-10-05T12:50:25.897-04:00Where’s any mention of the U6 number which remains...Where’s any mention of the U6 number which remains unchanged at 14.7%? <br /><br />For that matter, commentary about how 114,000 “new” jobs is still well short of what’s needed to stay even with our growing population, let alone recent CBO projections about how the current trajectory predicts the number Jim cites as going over 95 next year.<br /><br />Sorry, but I have to agree a bit with 9:57 asAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27299360162439510402012-10-05T10:56:08.006-04:002012-10-05T10:56:08.006-04:00So you post a thread that has nothing to do with G...So you post a thread that has nothing to do with Gannett, and then remove a comment on it that has nothing to do with Gannett?<br /><br />Are you trying to get a job as a Gannett manager now by showing that you too can make illogical decisions?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-73826815239585734442012-10-05T10:15:06.696-04:002012-10-05T10:15:06.696-04:00Many months, I write about the employment report b...Many months, I write about the employment report because I know it's studied at Corporate, as well as at other companies across the company -- and because I hope readers will use it as a jumping off point to talk about Gannett's financial health.<br /><br />That includes, as you suggest, decisions such as the furloughs just imposed on Gannett Government Media.<br /><br />I referenced the Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66566565387378215322012-10-05T09:57:27.043-04:002012-10-05T09:57:27.043-04:00To be honest Jim, this post has nothing to do with...To be honest Jim, this post has nothing to do with Gannett either. There's no context to connect Gannett with employment numbers, and no relevance to Gannett's stock price.<br /><br />Your blog, your rules. And I agree that off-topic, repetitive or flaming posts should be deleted out of hand. But it would have been better to tie the furlough announcement to this story rather than the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72749566128353626942012-10-05T09:45:34.660-04:002012-10-05T09:45:34.660-04:009:13's politically partisan comment has nothin...9:13's politically partisan comment has nothing to do with Gannett; indeed, it doesn't make so much as a gratuitous reference to the company.<br /><br />I remove all such comments.<br /><br />In the past, I tried to encourage intelligent, adult discussion about coverage of politics by Gannett properties. <br /><br />But those always devolved into angry discussions that had nothing Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66659100917567544492012-10-05T09:13:26.560-04:002012-10-05T09:13:26.560-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com