Gannett - 1st quarter furloughs

Stitch · Nov 30, 2011

trifectarich said:

MileHigh said:

Mark2010 said:

How much did they earn last quarter?
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$99.8 million.

Gracia Martore, president and chief executive officer, said, “All of our business segments continued to deliver consistent profitability in the third quarter. These results, amid continued market volatility, reflect the strength of Gannett’s iconic local and national brands and our relentless commitment to continuously enhancing the news, information and services we offer every day to the communities we serve. Importantly, digital revenues continued to show positive momentum in all of our business segments and were up 10 percent company-wide compared to last year, reflecting the success we are having in offering content and solutions across all platforms.”
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"Iconic?" Someone thinks pretty highly of themselves.
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Well, you can expect her to say rag, can you?

playthrough · Nov 30, 2011

My newspaper friends in Indy are holding a "Save Our Star" rally today, trying to get citizens to support local journalism and their newspaper. It's such a paradox -- friends fighting to keep their jobs and fighting for local media, except that media is owned by the evil empire.

derwood · Nov 30, 2011

Iconic and seminal are two most abused adjectives in English language.

Johnny Dangerously · Nov 30, 2011

That was an awesome post.

Joe Williams · Nov 30, 2011

beanpole said:

Baron Scicluna said:

RustyHampton said:

Us Gannettoids all knew it was coming, but it was still a sickening feeling today to get that email. It just really sucks. Plus, with a smaller staff than last year, it's going to be even more difficult to cover all the desk shifts.
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Then don't cover the shifts then.

Gannett obviously doesn't care about the quality. Neither should you.

If it takes twice as long to put the paper out because someone is on furlough, then don't hustle to make deadline. A few deadlines blown by three hours will get management's attention.

Of course, they'll get pissed off. Remind them that it's not your fault that you are short on staff. It's Gannett's. (Uh, sorry, but Rusty's on furlough. I had to do his job as well as mine. It takes longer ...")

Maybe paying overtime to people to cover for furloughs will finally get Gannett's attention. Or maybe management will get tired of hearing people calling to complain their paper is three hours late.

Or more likely, management will just blame you to cover their own asses. Par for the course.

But still, if Gannett doesn't care about quality, then neither should you. Hustling to get the job done doesn't impress these people. It just tells them that they don't need as many workers to get the job done.
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Bravo. Gannett is making money and doesn't give a rats ass if you can cover your mortgage or rent next month. So why bust your ass to cover for their management strategies? Why care about a company that doesn't care about you?
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Lots of newspapers have told their furloughed people to mooch off the government by filing for unemployment benefits, shifting their obligation onto taxpayers in true chicken-shit fashion. Anyone know if Gannett has advocated that, while pocketing its profits?

Magic In The Night · Nov 30, 2011

Joe Williams said:

beanpole said:

Baron Scicluna said:

RustyHampton said:

Us Gannettoids all knew it was coming, but it was still a sickening feeling today to get that email. It just really sucks. Plus, with a smaller staff than last year, it's going to be even more difficult to cover all the desk shifts.
Click to expand...

Then don't cover the shifts then.

Gannett obviously doesn't care about the quality. Neither should you.

If it takes twice as long to put the paper out because someone is on furlough, then don't hustle to make deadline. A few deadlines blown by three hours will get management's attention.

Of course, they'll get pissed off. Remind them that it's not your fault that you are short on staff. It's Gannett's. (Uh, sorry, but Rusty's on furlough. I had to do his job as well as mine. It takes longer ...")

Maybe paying overtime to people to cover for furloughs will finally get Gannett's attention. Or maybe management will get tired of hearing people calling to complain their paper is three hours late.

Or more likely, management will just blame you to cover their own asses. Par for the course.

But still, if Gannett doesn't care about quality, then neither should you. Hustling to get the job done doesn't impress these people. It just tells them that they don't need as many workers to get the job done.
Click to expand...

Bravo. Gannett is making money and doesn't give a rats ass if you can cover your mortgage or rent next month. So why bust your ass to cover for their management strategies? Why care about a company that doesn't care about you?
Click to expand...

Lots of newspapers have told their furloughed people to mooch off the government by filing for unemployment benefits, shifting their obligation onto taxpayers in true chicken-shit fashion. Anyone know if Gannett has advocated that, while pocketing its profits?
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Yes. We were even given instructions as to how to do it.

KYSportsWriter · Nov 30, 2011

Magic In The Night said:

Joe Williams said:

beanpole said:

Baron Scicluna said:

RustyHampton said:

Us Gannettoids all knew it was coming, but it was still a sickening feeling today to get that email. It just really sucks. Plus, with a smaller staff than last year, it's going to be even more difficult to cover all the desk shifts.
Click to expand...

Then don't cover the shifts then.

Gannett obviously doesn't care about the quality. Neither should you.

If it takes twice as long to put the paper out because someone is on furlough, then don't hustle to make deadline. A few deadlines blown by three hours will get management's attention.

Of course, they'll get pissed off. Remind them that it's not your fault that you are short on staff. It's Gannett's. (Uh, sorry, but Rusty's on furlough. I had to do his job as well as mine. It takes longer ...")

Maybe paying overtime to people to cover for furloughs will finally get Gannett's attention. Or maybe management will get tired of hearing people calling to complain their paper is three hours late.

Or more likely, management will just blame you to cover their own asses. Par for the course.

But still, if Gannett doesn't care about quality, then neither should you. Hustling to get the job done doesn't impress these people. It just tells them that they don't need as many workers to get the job done.
Click to expand...

Bravo. Gannett is making money and doesn't give a rats ass if you can cover your mortgage or rent next month. So why bust your ass to cover for their management strategies? Why care about a company that doesn't care about you?
Click to expand...

Lots of newspapers have told their furloughed people to mooch off the government by filing for unemployment benefits, shifting their obligation onto taxpayers in true chicken-shit fashion. Anyone know if Gannett has advocated that, while pocketing its profits?
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Yes. We were even given instructions as to how to do it.
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So were a few of us Landmark folks ...

RustyHampton · Nov 30, 2011

Joe, I have applied for unemployed benefits during each furlough. Would be dumb not to do it.

Hank_Scorpio · Nov 30, 2011

Joe Williams said:

beanpole said:

Baron Scicluna said:

RustyHampton said:

Us Gannettoids all knew it was coming, but it was still a sickening feeling today to get that email. It just really sucks. Plus, with a smaller staff than last year, it's going to be even more difficult to cover all the desk shifts.
Click to expand...

Then don't cover the shifts then.

Gannett obviously doesn't care about the quality. Neither should you.

If it takes twice as long to put the paper out because someone is on furlough, then don't hustle to make deadline. A few deadlines blown by three hours will get management's attention.

Of course, they'll get pissed off. Remind them that it's not your fault that you are short on staff. It's Gannett's. (Uh, sorry, but Rusty's on furlough. I had to do his job as well as mine. It takes longer ...")

Maybe paying overtime to people to cover for furloughs will finally get Gannett's attention. Or maybe management will get tired of hearing people calling to complain their paper is three hours late.

Or more likely, management will just blame you to cover their own asses. Par for the course.

But still, if Gannett doesn't care about quality, then neither should you. Hustling to get the job done doesn't impress these people. It just tells them that they don't need as many workers to get the job done.
Click to expand...

Bravo. Gannett is making money and doesn't give a rats ass if you can cover your mortgage or rent next month. So why bust your ass to cover for their management strategies? Why care about a company that doesn't care about you?
Click to expand...

Lots of newspapers have told their furloughed people to mooch off the government by filing for unemployment benefits, shifting their obligation onto taxpayers in true chicken-shit fashion. Anyone know if Gannett has advocated that, while pocketing its profits?
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Employers do pay into the unemployment pool. The government only pays 100 percent of the cost if the worker is granted an extension after 99 weeks.

JimmyHoward33 · Nov 30, 2011

They're also legally required to tell their employees how to file when they "lay them off" which is technically what furloughs are. So while it is self serving it is also the law.

clutchcargo · Nov 30, 2011

Furloughs? Are we in the navy now?

Suicide Squeezer · Dec 1, 2011

The wonderful folks at CNHI never once told employees they were eligible for unemployment when initially imposing its mandatory days of without pay. To my recollection, no one knew it was possible at first, at least in our state, until rumors someone had claimed the time began to spread.

Now, pretty much everyone does.

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