Sports Editor, Elk City, OK

$15k a year = $7.21 an hour.

shame on you, The Elk Citian. you are the walmart of newspapers.

 

My guess is it would be even less if the position is salaried, or if they stop pay at 40 hours a week (which some papers still do).

Having to work all fucking day, then cover sports would be a minimum of 60-80 hours a week. That turns that $15,000 into about $3.35 an hour.

Like I said, they can go fuck themselves.

 

Walmart? I was thinking more of the type of person who hires day laborers from street corners for a few bucks an hour.

 

I was paid something around that ... in 1996.

 

... And I'm sure the phone was just ringing off the hook at 8 a.m. by Elk Citians wondering who was dressed as the rodeo clown last night. :

 

How the hell are you supposed to become part of the community when you're working 60-80 hours a week?

 

a couple of us should send them our resumes, take their free trip to shitburg and then turn them down ... see how they like getting screwed right back.

funny things is, tho, i bet they won't even bring a person in for a face-to-face.

 

What we all should do, if we get an interview, is bring in a hidden tape recorder, then when they describe the job, ask, "So I assume we'll be getting time-and-a-half overtime for all these extra hours, right?"

Then, when they deny it, whip out the recorder and tell them you're reporting them to the Dept. of Labor.

 

i bet we'd get this stare: