tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post4169269191398179225..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Three reasons to expect first-quarter furloughsJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67317254305553400792011-10-28T10:05:32.098-04:002011-10-28T10:05:32.098-04:00Occupy Gannett!Occupy Gannett!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78800401815692119542011-10-28T00:39:00.511-04:002011-10-28T00:39:00.511-04:00If you had a product to sell, and you burned 20,00...If you had a product to sell, and you burned 20,000 employees, most of whom chose to remain in those very communities where you sold your product, would you expect your sales to go up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68822719322545468922011-10-27T22:52:25.248-04:002011-10-27T22:52:25.248-04:00(Anonymous said...Just found out I'm done afte...(Anonymous said...Just found out I'm done after a 13-year career next Friday. But I'm fine with it. No more design hub bull to worry about, furloughs, etc. 10/27/2011 1:51 AM )<br /><br />Sorry to hear this, but it does get better. The air is sweeter (no b.s. to breathe), the sun feels great (no more STUPID meetings), things will be so much clearer ( no more constant lies), and your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17938596615159349282011-10-27T01:51:29.597-04:002011-10-27T01:51:29.597-04:00Just found out I'm done after a 13-year career...Just found out I'm done after a 13-year career next Friday. But I'm fine with it. No more design hub bull to worry about, furloughs, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35412713691794854682011-10-26T22:09:54.539-04:002011-10-26T22:09:54.539-04:00Yes, Gannett is losing customers and will continue...Yes, Gannett is losing customers and will continue to do so. Why? Because Gannett is out of touch with its customers. <br /><br />Recently, Gannett lost a huge customer base it could of tapped, had it not abruptly and callously shut down the MLM website. Those users could of been used as a platform to make DealChicken a huge success. Oh well, when the top does not understand simple marketing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16646006589931857302011-10-25T13:35:32.684-04:002011-10-25T13:35:32.684-04:00The argument that stupid mistakes in writing don&#...The argument that stupid mistakes in writing don't affect the message is brainless and always will be brainless. Stop hiding behind it.<br /><br />If you can't put in the right words, then do some work to find them. But stop trying to defend sloppy posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5441575999843622982011-10-25T13:11:35.686-04:002011-10-25T13:11:35.686-04:00I'm cross-posting this comment I made earlier ...I'm cross-posting this comment I made earlier on another thread, because it's relevant to this one post:<br /><br />A reader who has been accurate in the past now tells me that, yes, there will be another round of unpaid furloughs in the first quarter of next year. These will be at least for U.S. newspaper workers. I do not know whether other divisions will be affected, too, however.<br /Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81415803074221070102011-10-24T22:25:50.179-04:002011-10-24T22:25:50.179-04:008:17, you hit it on the nose. As long as the money...8:17, you hit it on the nose. As long as the money saved from furloughs and lay offs is funneled into the pockets of a few on the top and not back into THE COMPANY, where it belongs, GCI will be in a vicious cycle of losing customers, losing revenue and making more cuts and losing customers, losing revenue and making more cuts and losing customers, losing revenue and making more cuts and losing Business 101 Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74187846470558034562011-10-24T22:10:19.991-04:002011-10-24T22:10:19.991-04:00Why must we all be so negative? Yes Gannett sucks....Why must we all be so negative? Yes Gannett sucks. I get it. But I still have a job with lousy health insurance, furloughs and no raises. Get that too. I'm just too tired from working at Gannett to even try to look for another job. They have beaten me down and I have no drive to do anything else. I have to tell you at my age, I will just wait and see. Call me stupid, call me whatever you wantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91326084041375616052011-10-24T20:17:49.853-04:002011-10-24T20:17:49.853-04:00I think it's funny that people continue to deb...I think it's funny that people continue to debate and wonder whether there will be furloughs, layoffs, etc. Folks: THERE IS NO GROWTH STRATEGY. There will be more furloughs, more layoffs, etc. End of discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78682574998209335722011-10-24T16:26:20.151-04:002011-10-24T16:26:20.151-04:002:59,
Agree that furloughs don't provide long ...2:59,<br />Agree that furloughs don't provide long range expense reduction. But, this company has become some dependent on them they are impossible to pass-up. Martore said Gannett needs to be a sales company, but we're really an expense management company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-77563401988123468942011-10-24T16:18:56.643-04:002011-10-24T16:18:56.643-04:002:59 PM, that's why there will be more layoffs...2:59 PM, that's why there will be more layoffs in addition to furloughs. Pure speculation on my part, but Martore made it abundantly clear that Gannett will continue to reach into its same bag of tricks (ie, a combination of furloughs and layoffs) "as [they] always have".<br /><br />It's not a case of if, but when... at least, as far as the immediate future is concerned. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17814287730144952972011-10-24T14:59:24.364-04:002011-10-24T14:59:24.364-04:00First quarter furloughs will not be enough.Furloug...First quarter furloughs will not be enough.Furloughs alone do not give long range and permanent expense reductions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65388877304768674472011-10-24T14:28:26.822-04:002011-10-24T14:28:26.822-04:00Once corporate starts feeding at the furlough trou...Once corporate starts feeding at the furlough trough, they cannot stop. Q1 furloughs are coming....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-13543194283968025652011-10-24T14:22:15.085-04:002011-10-24T14:22:15.085-04:00Sorry 11:18, I skimmed over the comments the first...Sorry 11:18, I skimmed over the comments the first time and misread what you wrote. The sentiments are the same, wrong grammar, spelling, and all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81376406938539990972011-10-24T14:18:50.104-04:002011-10-24T14:18:50.104-04:00Hey 1:18. You obviously can't read. I wasn'...Hey 1:18. You obviously can't read. I wasn't defending anybody. Simply reporting the opinions of several upper mgt types I know. And trying to point out that incoherent arguments are easy to belittle and dismiss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24276254979300867892011-10-24T14:09:22.891-04:002011-10-24T14:09:22.891-04:00I'm fine with first-quarter furloughs - I expe...I'm fine with first-quarter furloughs - I expect it now. But they really need to give us solid notice so that training and planning can occur in departments decimated by layoffs. I'm in a department of three, and after the last round of layoffs, I'm expected to back up a fellow coworker during off time. But I really don't understand what this person does, and there's been no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1006670498212826012011-10-24T13:18:47.519-04:002011-10-24T13:18:47.519-04:00I am an exec and I will not belittle the posters o...I am an exec and I will not belittle the posters on this site. You're obviously a pompous ass. Not everyone is as educated as we were fortunate to be, but that doesn't make them any less able to decipher what's going on and to feel the very real pain of the reality of what's happening to Gannett Corporation. Shame on you, 11:18. Stop trying to defend what everyone sees as an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67506229792265535322011-10-24T11:18:34.565-04:002011-10-24T11:18:34.565-04:00"self fore filling". And you folks wonde..."self fore filling". And you folks wonder why company execs do not take seriously anything said here. Regardless of the points made, it is way too easy to dismiss the people who regularly post here as not smart enough to see the big picture. And I am not defending the execs. It's just that day after day, post after post, things like this diminish the arguments against the company Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27941732654211118522011-10-24T10:41:41.717-04:002011-10-24T10:41:41.717-04:00I'm surprised they're not looking at fourt...I'm surprised they're not looking at fourth quarter furloughs, given the self fore filling prophesy of the last quarters lackluster results. Time to broil the deal chicken to feed the family!furloughed Furynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81099275136068121302011-10-24T09:31:59.915-04:002011-10-24T09:31:59.915-04:00Jim, you make an excellent point that never occurr...Jim, you make an excellent point that never occurred to me -- that as the number of employees declines, the savings from furloughs are harder to achieve. Obvious, but I never thought of it.<br /><br />And good lord -- what 6:45 and especially 9:20 say is financially startling and morally despicable. Entire newspapers working for 10 years to funnel it all to one man? Jesus effing Christ, this John Reinanhttp://www.ideapeepshow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2088421146871235402011-10-24T09:24:49.586-04:002011-10-24T09:24:49.586-04:00Well If they would cut some of the Dead weight her...Well If they would cut some of the Dead weight here at The Tennessean, in say Tech Serv and IT that get paid way to much to sit around and look at women all day..That would be a Start..Then maybe we would not need to Furlough the working folk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-28399151079226511212011-10-24T09:20:18.772-04:002011-10-24T09:20:18.772-04:00All USCP sites are well into the budget planning p...All USCP sites are well into the budget planning process. They have been told to budget furloughs for the 1st and 2nd quarters. But, in a piece of rare good news, some have been told to pull back on their contigency expense cuts (payroll reductions) until we get a better picture of how 4th Quarter revenue is trending.<br /><br />By the way, I "like" 6:45 a.m.'s comments. I'm a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23610075421107903332011-10-24T06:45:54.512-04:002011-10-24T06:45:54.512-04:00You know, I've always been one not to begrudge...You know, I've always been one not to begrudge people who have worked hard, built a business or had great talent from earning a better paycheck than me. If Bieber can sing, pay the kid.<br /><br />But when we had to touch 30,000 employee households four times so that one person could eventually take home 37 of that 67 million? That's crazy.<br /><br />I make more than my staff does. MoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com