AP staffers shun self-improvement, push for "fair contract"

[Decadent]

These disputes always tear me in two directions. Somehow the APers find a way to unite and push for pay and benefits. It'd be refreshing to see that in other sectors of this industry.

But the quality of AP service flat-out sucks. Why should people get paid more to provide shirtty service? The cost will certainly be passed along to clients at some point.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Why do you think they shunned self-improvement?

 

[Decadent]

Why do you think they shunned self-improvement?

None of their stuff has improved.

 

[Alma]

These disputes always tear me in two directions. Somehow the APers find a way to unite and push for pay and benefits. It'd be refreshing to see that in other sectors of this industry.

But the quality of AP service flat-out sucks. Why should people get paid more to provide shirtty service? The cost will certainly be passed along to clients at some point.

The more a man gets paid, the better quality of work he tends to turn out.

 

[Decadent]

These disputes always tear me in two directions. Somehow the APers find a way to unite and push for pay and benefits. It'd be refreshing to see that in other sectors of this industry.

But the quality of AP service flat-out sucks. Why should people get paid more to provide shirtty service? The cost will certainly be passed along to clients at some point.

The more a man gets paid, the better quality of work he tends to turn out.

Then their quality of work should have improved decades ago.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Why do you think they shunned self-improvement?

None of their stuff has improved.

That doesn't mean they have shunned self-improvement. They might very well be trying to improve. And your assessment may very well be incorrect.

 

[Alma]

These disputes always tear me in two directions. Somehow the APers find a way to unite and push for pay and benefits. It'd be refreshing to see that in other sectors of this industry.

But the quality of AP service flat-out sucks. Why should people get paid more to provide shirtty service? The cost will certainly be passed along to clients at some point.

The more a man gets paid, the better quality of work he tends to turn out.

Then their quality of work should have improved decades ago.

Why? I'm pretty confident that pay increases haven't been danced over the years with COLA. Maybe.

Know why ESPN does so much great journalism? Because the people are paid well. Now, if cable subscribers had the chance to opt out of paying for ESPN, thus forcing ESPN not to use a Disney bundle scheme to siphon money from American people...

 

[Decadent]

Why do you think they shunned self-improvement?

None of their stuff has improved.

That doesn't mean they have shunned self-improvement. They might very well be trying to improve. And your assessment may very well be incorrect.

There is no try. Only do. Or do not.

 

[Decadent]

These disputes always tear me in two directions. Somehow the APers find a way to unite and push for pay and benefits. It'd be refreshing to see that in other sectors of this industry.

But the quality of AP service flat-out sucks. Why should people get paid more to provide shirtty service? The cost will certainly be passed along to clients at some point.

The more a man gets paid, the better quality of work he tends to turn out.

Then their quality of work should have improved decades ago.

Why? I'm pretty confident that pay increases haven't been danced over the years with COLA. Maybe.

Know why ESPN does so much great journalism? Because the people are paid well. Now, if cable subscribers had the chance to opt out of paying for ESPN, thus forcing ESPN not to use a Disney bundle scheme to siphon money from American people...

ESPN is a sewage factory. I wouldn't have said that back in -- wait, can't go there yet.

 

[Starman]

The quality level of AP's output is the result of management decisions.

It's not always up to the level which **I** would like, but at the same time, staffing has been cut and cut and cut and cut over recent years.

Payroll expenses are irrelevant to customer prices.

 

[YankeeFan]

The quality level of AP's output is the result of management decisions.

It's not always up to the level which **I** would like, but at the same time, staffing has been cut and cut and cut and cut over recent years.

Payroll expenses are irrelevant to customer prices.

Aren't you the same guy who recently told a story of purposely doing a poor job on an assignment?

 

[Batman]

But the quality of AP service flat-out sucks.

AP has its problems but, trust me, it's still the best there is at what it does for a lot of people in a lot of places. Our shop dumped AP photos in a cost-cutting move last year, and there isn't a day I don't curse the higher-up who made the decision.