Boston Globe Editor"s Memo

I was on a ship and the Captain started an announcement over the 1MC with "Attention, shipmates..." and one of the crew immediately said "Oh shit, nothing good is coming when he says shipmates. We're fucked."

 

I suppose having employees working on a mission statement for a future that they may not be around for anyways if they are laid off is a winning strategy.

 

This is the first time I've ever heard gutting the staff through buyouts referred to as "truly heartening that the offer worked this well for this many people."

 

I wonder how many "thought leaders" will be losing their jobs. My guess is zero

 

Their only thought, "Fire those other people."

 

Really? I've heard that a lot. Depending what it is, a buyout can be a pretty sweet deal. In this case a year's salary and benefits for a 26-year vet.

 

Exclusive photo from the meeting of the Thought Leaders

 

In my experience, very few people take buyouts because they want to.

 

That has not been the experience around me.

 

Just reinforces the idea that John Henry basically bought the paper to give his grave-robbing wife something to do

 

Never said there is a huge pot of money. But the money that is there is going to the top. I can promise the CEOs/VPs/etc arent taking furloughs or pay cuts. Gotta cut another couple of 30K jobs so their 2M salary isn't affected. And this is far from the only business operating that way. The average worker is treated like shit and should just feel lucky to have a job. THIS is why so many Americans are angry.

 

This no doubt will be an actual job title one of these days at Gannett or tronc.