tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post883788863239652172..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Nov. 7-13 | Your News & Comments: Part 2Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44823794206057327292011-11-10T14:19:06.292-05:002011-11-10T14:19:06.292-05:00The dread and panic over Q4 revenue amongst manage...The dread and panic over Q4 revenue amongst management is deeper than I've ever experienced. Seems very abnormal, even for this company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43379382038739861082011-11-09T23:19:10.711-05:002011-11-09T23:19:10.711-05:00@ 5:25 re Gannett is the Walmart of journalism
On...@ 5:25 re Gannett is the Walmart of journalism<br /><br />One huge difference: Walmart shares their profits with all of their employees through a yearly bonus. Gannett does not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76234015772905254422011-11-09T20:47:38.825-05:002011-11-09T20:47:38.825-05:007:26....Maybe it's because it's right afte...7:26....Maybe it's because it's right after Thanksgiving and they have numerous weeks left of vacation to use or lose because of all the furlough time they had to take.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14699947977651779642011-11-09T20:03:42.903-05:002011-11-09T20:03:42.903-05:00@4:31 -- I know for a fact that entire article was...@4:31 -- I know for a fact that entire article was total bullshit.Heytherenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38166130097138367112011-11-09T19:26:28.596-05:002011-11-09T19:26:28.596-05:00Find it odd that all of our OC committee are takin...Find it odd that all of our OC committee are taking their vacation days before the end of November. Wonder if what MY BOSS said is true about announcing layoffs in early December. These people would need to be present if this is the case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58193080954339267872011-11-09T19:24:47.404-05:002011-11-09T19:24:47.404-05:00@ 7:14 - do you REALLY believe that?@ 7:14 - do you REALLY believe that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40817648921808908682011-11-09T19:14:19.105-05:002011-11-09T19:14:19.105-05:00there will be a national healthplan in the works ...there will be a national healthplan in the works that will be a great benefit to all of us as far as health insureance goes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8918785874068806092011-11-09T19:01:07.235-05:002011-11-09T19:01:07.235-05:00At Gannett (and all of their truly crappy papers) ...At Gannett (and all of their truly crappy papers) employees are totally disposable and nothing more than a nuisance. If every employee dropped over dead tomorrow, none of the arrogant, overpaid and useless suits at Gannett would care one bit! On the other hand, these suits would rejoice because they'd meet their staff reduction objectives while doing even less work, if that is possible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40682408344874092402011-11-09T17:25:42.758-05:002011-11-09T17:25:42.758-05:00Gannett is the Walmart of journalism, so don't...Gannett is the Walmart of journalism, so don't be surprised by the diminution and/or elimination of employee healthcare coverage. Making employees pay more for coverage is yet another way for Gannett to chase off older employees with greater healthcare needs. It's another win-win for Gannett!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81372574780375152462011-11-09T16:55:02.029-05:002011-11-09T16:55:02.029-05:00Re: Patch employees. Yes, Patch is struggling like...Re: Patch employees. Yes, Patch is struggling like every other media, probably more so. Back in Sept. this article appeared in Business Insider: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-09-23/tech/30193030_1_patch-copy-editor-marketing-events <br />Makes working for Gannett look positively wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19935346195396908832011-11-09T16:31:31.814-05:002011-11-09T16:31:31.814-05:004:18 While I agree with you, I try to keep partisa...4:18 While I agree with you, I try to keep partisan politics out of this blog.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11124905701997542702011-11-09T16:19:02.947-05:002011-11-09T16:19:02.947-05:00For those of you on COBRA, you might have not noti...For those of you on COBRA, you might have not noticed that it's open enrollment, since Gannett didn't bother to notify us. I just checked in on my account and found out they were switching our providers. Gee thanks. If I'm lucky, I'll just have to deal with it for Jan, then over to my newe company's plan.BTDTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33634583716421362432011-11-09T16:18:58.887-05:002011-11-09T16:18:58.887-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34289505211443358972011-11-09T16:08:50.589-05:002011-11-09T16:08:50.589-05:00Hey, 2:41, I wouldn't be surprised if that wer...Hey, 2:41, I wouldn't be surprised if that were true. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised by anything this company cooks up these days. There is no such thing as stooping too low when it comes to Gannett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59730661288600719232011-11-09T15:55:57.164-05:002011-11-09T15:55:57.164-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33761329190175531542011-11-09T15:26:50.299-05:002011-11-09T15:26:50.299-05:003:01 -- Patch is a group of crappy community weekl...3:01 -- Patch is a group of crappy community weekly-like online sites brought to you by AOL. They have taken a $160 million-dollar bath on the project this year alone. Needless to say, they have a VERY short life expectancy. Here in Michigan, they can barely give away ad space.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23837719771894476072011-11-09T15:01:29.389-05:002011-11-09T15:01:29.389-05:00What is PATCH?What is PATCH?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37133949028567866962011-11-09T14:41:25.863-05:002011-11-09T14:41:25.863-05:00Don't be surprised if this surcharge fiasco is...Don't be surprised if this surcharge fiasco is something Gannett allowed to happen so higher-ups could talk layoffs and furloughs without anyone paying any attention. Then it can get announced when they're off on extended holidays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31454329905318076962011-11-09T12:56:34.816-05:002011-11-09T12:56:34.816-05:00@12:48 p.m. - Where I am, in NJ, neither. I checke...@12:48 p.m. - Where I am, in NJ, neither. I checked the Star Ledger for results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75756314323547978472011-11-09T12:56:16.003-05:002011-11-09T12:56:16.003-05:00re.Patch: Interviewed on the phone, but the pay sc...re.Patch: Interviewed on the phone, but the pay scale was pretty low. Like equivalent of what you made at a 50,000 circulation newspaper with just a couple year's experience. That may have changed, but I suspect not. Yes, it's hard work but supposed to be fun. At least my former colleagues seem to like it. I can't speak to any company financials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50311388453177538022011-11-09T12:48:10.125-05:002011-11-09T12:48:10.125-05:00Well who had better election coverage, Gannett or ...Well who had better election coverage, Gannett or Patch?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27758001596219746862011-11-09T12:36:51.251-05:002011-11-09T12:36:51.251-05:00Patch Rocks!Patch Rocks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18684176383134332772011-11-09T11:01:49.057-05:002011-11-09T11:01:49.057-05:0010:32, I'm offended by your scolding and conde...10:32, I'm offended by your scolding and condescension. We do not have only ourselves to blame if we followed the directions to avoid the surcharge and were hit with it anyway. We have the system to blame, and it failed. One of the purposes of this blog is to inform people about the problems they encounter at their site. Why put people down for doing just that? What purpose does it serve? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6093288848165029642011-11-09T11:00:20.158-05:002011-11-09T11:00:20.158-05:00Great post, 10:32. People here don't want to d...Great post, 10:32. People here don't want to do anything. Just look at the number of people begging Jim to get details for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27457387134893024372011-11-09T10:32:30.955-05:002011-11-09T10:32:30.955-05:00Anyone complaining about the surcharge has only th...Anyone complaining about the surcharge has only themselves to blame. We received several notices on this, going back to early in the year. You had plenty of time to take care of this. You should get a yearly physical, but even if u don't, that survey was easy to fill out. The day I received the first email I took 5 minutes and filled it out and was done with. Too many people just love to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com