tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post3756622668287172834..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: July 29-Aug. 4 | Your News & Comments: Part 7Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10515666432036095442013-08-06T08:20:44.907-04:002013-08-06T08:20:44.907-04:00As an insider, I have to disagree with some of wha...As an insider, I have to disagree with some of what was said in the water cooler comments. No one said let's layoff 300 people but they did say we want the entire newspaper division to make x% expense adjustment. What they should do is hold publishers accountable month to month and quarter to quarter to make incremental course correction to maintain a margin rather than across the board cuts Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19323457059600250852013-08-05T16:42:27.649-04:002013-08-05T16:42:27.649-04:00The total number for The Journal News is 27. I was...The total number for The Journal News is 27. I was one of them let go this morning, after 23 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66015582992182375492013-08-05T14:10:15.529-04:002013-08-05T14:10:15.529-04:00What a nice tribute. Thanks for providing the link...What a nice tribute. Thanks for providing the link. I still can't believe that Gannett cut the people it did at Green Bay, Appleton and Oshkosh. <br /><br />Here's a reader comment from the story Fox 11 did on Heller getting the axe. Very telling in what people think about Green Bay's paper and web site.<br /><br />I agree the layoffs are sad. However I think it's more Gannett'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34284163395153918212013-08-05T13:22:07.764-04:002013-08-05T13:22:07.764-04:006 were let go Sunday night at TJN, about half the ...6 were let go Sunday night at TJN, about half the night staffing on a Sunday. People were called in to get the papers out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29367311462160332102013-08-05T08:50:34.516-04:002013-08-05T08:50:34.516-04:006 layoffs last night in the Westchester newsroom? ...6 layoffs last night in the Westchester newsroom? Not saying 12:15's wrong because I wasn't there. But the Journal News doesn't even have six people working in the news room on a Sunday night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56093788059949366052013-08-05T06:33:54.269-04:002013-08-05T06:33:54.269-04:00TJN hasn't been actually using the term "...TJN hasn't been actually using the term "information center." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49462024299923554242013-08-05T06:27:20.853-04:002013-08-05T06:27:20.853-04:00Nope.Nope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34799164699896267052013-08-05T00:48:21.171-04:002013-08-05T00:48:21.171-04:0012:15 initials, please?12:15 initials, please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57990097233598106882013-08-05T00:27:08.899-04:002013-08-05T00:27:08.899-04:008 hours after all the other media reported news ab...8 hours after all the other media reported news about the missing girl, The Clarion-Ledger finally reported what the public already knew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46627241140757817002013-08-05T00:15:00.015-04:002013-08-05T00:15:00.015-04:00Six layoffs in westchester Sunday night - all news...Six layoffs in westchester Sunday night - all newsroom, oops, information center. more to come Monday. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10806261939595900262013-08-04T21:51:01.772-04:002013-08-04T21:51:01.772-04:00Gannett is trimming back its staff in Northeast Wi...Gannett is trimming back its staff in Northeast Wisconsin. And the Press-Gazette building in downtown Green Bay is on the market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26317342914635435622013-08-04T20:55:17.206-04:002013-08-04T20:55:17.206-04:00Any columnists at the APP get pink slipped? Der B...Any columnists at the APP get pink slipped? Der Bingle perhaps? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41482073045754069672013-08-04T20:02:11.270-04:002013-08-04T20:02:11.270-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51305433626483769092013-08-04T19:55:32.281-04:002013-08-04T19:55:32.281-04:005:08 - I've been gone 8 months. My numbers inc...5:08 - I've been gone 8 months. My numbers included all HR employees, not what you called "reps." The total number is probably between 130-140 now, which is under 150 as I said in my post.<br /><br />If you want to bitch about departments not getting cut, look at Finance. There are still over 1,000 employees in that function. And their counting a lot less money than they used to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-28236741979974073232013-08-04T18:33:07.777-04:002013-08-04T18:33:07.777-04:00They deal with I grateful, unproductive, whinners ...They deal with I grateful, unproductive, whinners line you day in a d day out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30866877216290853392013-08-04T17:37:22.651-04:002013-08-04T17:37:22.651-04:00And they can give you an 800 to call with any ques...And they can give you an 800 to call with any questions LOL.... what exactly do they do??? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-60505234240727333392013-08-04T17:08:41.419-04:002013-08-04T17:08:41.419-04:0010:13 you w Ben gone for awhile. There are 72 HR r...10:13 you w Ben gone for awhile. There are 72 HR reps throughout Gannett. Don't know where you got 159Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79062493273109653622013-08-04T17:01:58.977-04:002013-08-04T17:01:58.977-04:00A 17 year old girl has been missing since early Sa...A 17 year old girl has been missing since early Saturday morning. It has been on the news, Facebook, competing Weekly newspapers are announcing it every hour...except our Gannett newspaper. Nowhere can you find any news about this missing girl. Apparently Gannett is leaving it to the tv stations, radio stations and other media to get the word out, while Gannett talks about what happened last week Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15811810854884454192013-08-04T17:01:55.404-04:002013-08-04T17:01:55.404-04:00A nice tribute to laid-off Green Bay Press-Gazette...A nice tribute to laid-off Green Bay Press-Gazette editorial cartoonist Joe Heller:<br /><br />http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/03/a-young-journalists-tribute-to-former-green-bay-press-gazette-editorial-cartoonist-joe-heller/Jim Romeneskohttp://jimromenesko.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59106360261348719362013-08-04T15:03:15.215-04:002013-08-04T15:03:15.215-04:00Heard there was 1 layoff in Alexandria, La., who w...Heard there was 1 layoff in Alexandria, La., who was it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11833748907430768172013-08-04T14:32:03.880-04:002013-08-04T14:32:03.880-04:00Headline on The Clarion-Ledger's web site: &qu...Headline on The Clarion-Ledger's web site: "Beemon Drugs has prescription for successfor success"<br /><br />How is cutting more jobs out of the newsroom working out for you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48631411457947551142013-08-04T14:20:28.668-04:002013-08-04T14:20:28.668-04:00Many sites do not have HR "business partners....Many sites do not have HR "business partners."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78019569049851708772013-08-04T14:09:48.420-04:002013-08-04T14:09:48.420-04:00Under federal law, laid-off employees will get COB...Under federal law, laid-off employees will get COBRA coverage for 18 months, although under certain circumstances it could last 36 months. There's more in <a href="http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq-consumer-cobra.html" rel="nofollow">this U.S. Labor Department fact sheet.</a><br /><br />COBRA can be expensive. I was paying $150 a month for single coverage when I left Gannett in 2008. Under Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51939280347149758192013-08-04T13:44:51.757-04:002013-08-04T13:44:51.757-04:00For those being laid off and needing health insura...For those being laid off and needing health insurance, you likely will be eligible for your state's health insurance marketplace. Enrollment begins Oct. 1; coverage starts Jan. 1. To learn more, go to healthcare.gov<br /><br />You probably didn't or won't get this information from HR. Even if Gannett doesn't care, we do.<br /><br />Signed, <br />Former (and Happier) Employees of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76898142353975421912013-08-04T10:13:54.812-04:002013-08-04T10:13:54.812-04:00HR across the entire company has been cut by over ...HR across the entire company has been cut by over 50% since 2006. There were 304 people in HR that year and there are under 150 now. Those numbers include the HR staff in McLean too. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com