Worst company to work for

The problem with the R-J is that it DOES rake in cash with all of its supplements and advertorials. They have no incentive to improve coverage.

 

Never had any problems with Gannett, personally. The RLRN type of shit gets old quickly, and they skim as much as anyone else. But I'd work for them again, in a heartbeat, over some other chains on that list.

 

MU, Please tell me your thoughts on KR. I'm interested to know.

 

Donrey is no more. They changed the name to Stephens Media. Sad bunch there.

 

I know Gannett isn't bad overall to work for, but I've been through cities with Gannett papers (Des Moines comes to mind) and thinking the paper could be so much better. The C-J looks like it's improved somewhat with the remake, and I've always liked Indy.

That said, I'll stay away from the horror-story companies, thanks for the warning.

 

It was more of a statement referring to the fact that KR was sold to Mcclatchy than anything else.
I liked working for KR. Never had any problems associated with the corporate side.

 

Newhouse doesn't make it, eh?

Actually, I can understand why. In general, I can find nothing but one bad thing to say about Newhouse. I'm not sure if my 'problem' stems from Newhouse, or one of its papers in Michigan in particular.

But in case it's a Newhouse thing, one word of advise ... be very, very careful if you are an employee with 15-plus years of experience. The paper in Michigan has fired more than 30 employees (maybe as many as 40 now) since 2000, and a majority of the terminations were for non work-related reasons. For a point of reference, there was one firing from 1988-2000 of which I am aware (sorry, JB. Still miss ya).

If they see a chance to cut payroll and replace you with someone cheaper, at least at this paper in Michigan, they will jump at the chance.

But Newhouse will never lay you off.

 

True enough. They might ask you to move to circulation or something equally unpleasant, though.

 

Great news for the cock-sacs at JRC...July7 --Stock hits 52 week low for second consecutive day ..bad times a -comin

 

MU - i picked up the jest of the post, but i noticed KR had received votes on this thread. i've never worked for KR, but have heard nothing but wonderful things about them. i thought everybody enjoyed working for ridder ... until they started laying everyone off.

hell, maybe i just answered my own question.

 

Again, I never had a problem with them -- through an internship and multiple stringing gigs in college or at a full-time job. I've seen bad, and KR wasn't it comparitively.