tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post5019036366507130857..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Urgent: HR chief Horning is retiring, memo saysJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87321008984768113542012-05-03T10:26:19.068-04:002012-05-03T10:26:19.068-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84326578254285960152012-05-03T10:20:12.764-04:002012-05-03T10:20:12.764-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90041324666253931922012-05-03T09:34:12.189-04:002012-05-03T09:34:12.189-04:007:31 and 9:34 STOP drinking the Kool-Aid7:31 and 9:34 STOP drinking the Kool-AidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16590573885557901362012-05-03T06:29:03.640-04:002012-05-03T06:29:03.640-04:007:13 You are correct and I'm sad7:13 You are correct and I'm sadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82190587980874987022012-05-02T21:34:33.079-04:002012-05-02T21:34:33.079-04:007:13 BS!7:13 BS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9223086697261902302012-05-02T21:20:05.413-04:002012-05-02T21:20:05.413-04:007:13 I heard the same message and we are on our wa...7:13 I heard the same message and we are on our way out the door. Ride the wave to the end/do very little.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-70826959100687635762012-05-02T19:31:50.727-04:002012-05-02T19:31:50.727-04:004:13 is full of it. A blatant liar. The call was a...4:13 is full of it. A blatant liar. The call was about recruiting, wait for it, MORE people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-52530503467451073162012-05-02T19:13:10.431-04:002012-05-02T19:13:10.431-04:00Big HR conference call today with you know who. Ro...Big HR conference call today with you know who. Roxanne on her way out the door and still creating havoc. After today's call-more HR consolidation in the very near future. More RIF for HR and it's just what some of us want!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65303741324689694432012-05-02T17:32:36.826-04:002012-05-02T17:32:36.826-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54456160844295941042012-05-02T17:32:03.223-04:002012-05-02T17:32:03.223-04:003:56 what site was that?3:56 what site was that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47296633775956802802012-05-02T17:30:11.385-04:002012-05-02T17:30:11.385-04:005:08 yes but I did not critique the coward. He/she...5:08 yes but I did not critique the coward. He/she did so behind hte protection of the blog. There is a difference. If you want to call someone an idiot, identify yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43902544949747494492012-05-02T17:08:05.405-04:002012-05-02T17:08:05.405-04:00Anonymous said... "5:28 at least he says it t...Anonymous said... "5:28 at least he says it to your face. Unlike you who hides behind the blog."<br /><br />Thus spake... Anonymous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54418247617287186612012-05-02T16:07:40.501-04:002012-05-02T16:07:40.501-04:00Saw the e-mail and immediately deleted it. Don...Saw the e-mail and immediately deleted it. Don't care a lick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40961959443385687962012-05-02T15:56:30.215-04:002012-05-02T15:56:30.215-04:0012:25 Good words. I was part of the shuffle out ...12:25 Good words. I was part of the shuffle out last year as well. I told them I wasn't moving and got tossed even though my publisher and I both tried to tell them that our site DID need an HR presence. Well, a few months after I left and the regional person in place, they figured out we were right. Asked the new regional person if she wanted to move AGAIN (at her own expense AGAIN) to BTDTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85812269128581025552012-05-02T15:48:12.485-04:002012-05-02T15:48:12.485-04:00who gives a fuckwho gives a fuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87675032591463623722012-05-02T15:34:40.436-04:002012-05-02T15:34:40.436-04:005:28 at least he says it to your face. Unlike you ...5:28 at least he says it to your face. Unlike you who hides behind the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81934204697193658312012-05-02T14:17:38.462-04:002012-05-02T14:17:38.462-04:00This is from 12:27: I don't want to name my ne...This is from 12:27: I don't want to name my new employer for several reasons. The first is that I'm no longer in the publishing industry. The name of my new (small) employer would be completely unknown to those in publishing/media. It took me almost five years to land this job, and I'm currently transitioning from a contract to permanent position. The offer is not official yet, but itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25397812337589192182012-05-02T14:01:14.628-04:002012-05-02T14:01:14.628-04:00It's Sodexo. In Issy-les-Moulineaux.
Does tha...It's Sodexo. In Issy-les-Moulineaux.<br /><br />Does that help?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80471330841846665102012-05-02T13:54:10.606-04:002012-05-02T13:54:10.606-04:0012:27 why do you "better company with better ...12:27 why do you "better company with better pay, better benefits and people" never identify the great new company? Funny how that never happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2363843148754016372012-05-02T12:27:45.074-04:002012-05-02T12:27:45.074-04:00I remember the day my old paper was sold to Gannet...I remember the day my old paper was sold to Gannett. Roxanne looked me in the eye and told of all the wonderful opportunities the "new owners" would be able to provide for us. That was in 2002. I believed her. I now know she was a very good actress. I'm now working for a better company with better pay, better benefits and people who are sincere in their personal and professional Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75866733589791271482012-05-02T08:37:19.366-04:002012-05-02T08:37:19.366-04:00"our most important assets, our employees.&qu..."our most important assets, our employees." yea, right.<br /><br />Best regards to you, too, Gracia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50281509165237962192012-05-02T05:28:48.234-04:002012-05-02T05:28:48.234-04:00Hey HR, think about this.
Soy based Ink, and all ...Hey HR, think about this.<br /><br />Soy based Ink, and all the links.<br />Is PEEEEPUL.<br /><br />We aren't coal, or oil, or iron ore, Those are resources.<br /><br />We're people, just like you used to be.<br /><br />And 10:07, Stevie "Wonder" Hyatt, yes! You never wonder what he is talking, or thinking about. It's all Hyatt, all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72130306060093499712012-05-02T00:32:59.069-04:002012-05-02T00:32:59.069-04:0012:25 Current employee can only say you are right ...12:25 Current employee can only say you are right on the money. I just accepted a position outside Gannett and will be giving notice Friday that I resign and leaving the same day. They deserve this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6614202305621997172012-05-02T00:25:53.343-04:002012-05-02T00:25:53.343-04:00FORMER GANNETT "HR DIRECTOR" says goodby...FORMER GANNETT "HR DIRECTOR" says goodbye to Roxanne. Just a little while back all HR employees at the local sites received an "email" that our jobs were gone. Senior Executives were hand picked and the rest of us "dogs" had to fetch the scraps. If we did not want to fight for the scraps we were told to leave (RIF). There were no face to face conversations regarding Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35043038245217212982012-05-01T22:44:55.951-04:002012-05-01T22:44:55.951-04:004:48 here, 7:14.
You got it right too.
I remember...4:48 here, 7:14.<br />You got it right too.<br /><br />I remember when I got into the biz in the '80s that if we had a problem with management, we had an advocate. About a decade later, that completely flipped. I found that out the hard way. But I never forgot, from then on.<br /><br />Employees would be better off if there were ZERO HR bots at Gannett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com