tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post3221506971885200019..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Urgent: GPS confirms layoffs, new memo saysJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37400865109930136002013-01-29T23:11:24.257-05:002013-01-29T23:11:24.257-05:00Best wishes for your future endeavors but if you a...Best wishes for your future endeavors but if you are over fifty you might as well give up your life is ruined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84531705865726136142013-01-28T19:37:02.283-05:002013-01-28T19:37:02.283-05:00Nice of him to care about the future of those empl...Nice of him to care about the future of those employees lives he has destroyed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55454851473135334132013-01-25T17:53:12.655-05:002013-01-25T17:53:12.655-05:00Yup - Tankin'Yup - Tankin'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21557523868182661092013-01-25T17:12:31.261-05:002013-01-25T17:12:31.261-05:00There is a special place in hell for Evan Ray.There is a special place in hell for Evan Ray.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-70470447266141008222013-01-25T11:17:05.667-05:002013-01-25T11:17:05.667-05:00You are not alone. We are losing subscribers and ...You are not alone. We are losing subscribers and advertisers by the fistful on a daily basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8564897668629691822013-01-24T22:18:09.970-05:002013-01-24T22:18:09.970-05:00Enhance delivery? When? Where? Cancelled my 30-yea...Enhance delivery? When? Where? Cancelled my 30-year subscription to The Times on Monday after a week of more days of missed papers than days where I found it in my yard. Catastrophic press issues apparently to blame for latest delivery problems. Not enough value, credibility and news to warrant keeping it despite chronic delivery problems the rest of the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65186493946611834842013-01-24T20:38:47.880-05:002013-01-24T20:38:47.880-05:00I sold 100 copies of new business weekly for USAT ...I sold 100 copies of new business weekly for USAT and was let go. Hmmm, Evan you want to increase numbers yet you let a solid sales producer go? Great job Evan, perhaps you should review the lay off list before you sign on the dotted line? Idiot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76947172267488563472013-01-24T20:23:27.536-05:002013-01-24T20:23:27.536-05:00" Please feel free to email me directly at er..." Please feel free to email me directly at eray@gannett.com with any questions you might have. "<br /><br />Where do they find these people ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47415038702517377762013-01-24T18:04:15.782-05:002013-01-24T18:04:15.782-05:00At least they got a memo. I got blindsided last y...At least they got a memo. I got blindsided last year by a stealth layoff in between memo-ed layoffs. For those of you that are still employed, watch your back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30624115639679830322013-01-24T17:27:55.581-05:002013-01-24T17:27:55.581-05:00Really all cuts aren't necessary. That is grea...Really all cuts aren't necessary. That is great reasoning unless you are the one losing your job.Evan Ray should have been the one terminated would have saved the company big bucks. Last year he made cuts in distribution, and circulation. He laid off good workers that added value to the company and the community and has been replacing them them with a private distributor that pays next to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38717663608975077222013-01-24T15:45:07.879-05:002013-01-24T15:45:07.879-05:00I printed off one of these letters for each bathro...I printed off one of these letters for each bathroom in my home, that way when we sit down there will be 2 things full of shit in the bathroom. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50146335216655318612013-01-24T14:36:13.276-05:002013-01-24T14:36:13.276-05:00One again, someone has to pay for the end of year ...One again, someone has to pay for the end of year bonuses for upper management.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34237003416109427072013-01-24T14:26:34.073-05:002013-01-24T14:26:34.073-05:00His involvement in writing it was probably minimal...His involvement in writing it was probably minimal. The verbiage and phrasing used in these memos is strikingly similar every time one goes out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8212491250081078672013-01-24T14:06:31.440-05:002013-01-24T14:06:31.440-05:00And as he was writing it, he was probably thinking...And as he was writing it, he was probably thinking, "An even stronger position because we know longer have to pay 100 of you schlubs." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65635380390670665892013-01-24T14:05:13.999-05:002013-01-24T14:05:13.999-05:00What a smarmy, insincere memo.What a smarmy, insincere memo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com