CNHI second quarter furlough rumblings?

Have Gannett and other media companies stopped furloughs for the past six months or maybe longer?

Haven't really heard of any, except those with CNHI.

 

Just confirmed, SOP for the second quarter.

Sigh...

 

Yep, we got the word last week,

Better late than never right? ... Seriously, people were already planning out their days even before it was official; it's just the norm now.

I think I've lost count on the number of days, but I believe after this round it will be 60 (!) furlough days for CNHI employees since second quarter of '09 when they were first announced. That's 12 weeks — three months! — over three years (no raises over that time either). For me, that's 12 mortgage payments.

But it's also 12 weeks of having to work ahead/catch up/fill in for others/squeeze in extra duties ... all to make sure a daily paper gets out on time. And people aren't even angry anymore. I remember when the furloughs (they call them DOWOP — days off without pay — doowop?) were first announced, it was met with shock, a few quarters later came real anger, then it became frustration, now it's just some eye rolls and expectation of them never ending. We've been beaten down.

 

Could not agree more, Kato. Could not agree more.

 

There-in lies the problem.

Corporate tells you they don't want to pay you for the full year, why do the extra work to cover their asses? Do your normal duties, let the paper come out later, and blame corporate.