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Plain Dealer cuts

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Calvin Hobbes, Jul 30, 2013.

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  1. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    PD should be better than the mob at the end of Donnie Brasco, dontcha think?

    Of course, the mob presence in Cleveland is strong, so perhaps it's an homage.
     
    Alma, Jul 31, 2013
    #13
  2. boundforboston

    boundforboston Well-Known Member

    About 50 cut: http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/219751/plain-dealer-eliminated-the-jobs-of-approximately-50-journalists/
     
    boundforboston, Jul 31, 2013
    #14
  3. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Laid off so far ... business editor ... science writer (who started the Save The Plain Dealer FB page) ... three HS sports writers ... metro columnist ... metro reporter ... staff photographer ... union guild president and medical reporter ... all were voluntary layoffs except biz editor (haven't heard on that one).
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Jul 31, 2013
    #15
  4. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    No Saturday delivery.
     
    Alma, Jul 31, 2013
    #16
  5. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Oh, there is Saturday delivery ... of a BONUS edition!! I hear it's five pages of news/sports with 25 pages of car ads. Don't know if what they sell at the store is an actual newspaper or not.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Jul 31, 2013
    #17
  6. silvercharm

    silvercharm Member

    What are these "voluntary" layoffs? Unless they asked to be laid off, aren't they "involuntary?"
     
    silvercharm, Jul 31, 2013
    #18
  7. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    They say "we need to lose X number of people" and you agree to be one of them. You get whatever severance is being offered, plus the company classifies it as a layoff rather than a quit so you can get unemployment. Very common. Lots of people have something else lined up, are close enough to retirement that they can save someone else's job, or are just fucking tired of the whole business.
     
    LongTimeListener, Jul 31, 2013
    #19
  8. Colton

    Colton Active Member

    Here's the list of the folks who lost their jobs today, including several I know and consider friends:

    http://grumpyabe.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-pd-hit-list-anybody-you-know.html
     
    Colton, Jul 31, 2013
    #20
  9. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Yep. If you want to fire me, at least have the balls to look me in the eye when you're doing it. And don't even get me started on emails, texts and twitter nonsense.
     
    Mark2010, Jul 31, 2013
    #21
  10. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    He made the cut, but wasn't exactly celebrating the news today.
     
    MileHigh, Jul 31, 2013
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  11. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    You know, there's a really good chance the call merely said to come to the office to meet with the boss, who told them to their faces.
     
    da man, Jul 31, 2013
    #23
  12. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Except that's exactly what didn't happen.

    From the memo sent out to the newsroom:

    From approximately 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, July 31st, employees in the Editorial Department will receive a phone call notifying them that they are either being separated from employment on that date, or that they are not being separated from employment. Employees who are notified that they are not being separated should report for work at their next regularly scheduled time.

    Employees who are notified that they are being separated will be provided a time to meet Thursday, August 1st with a Human Resources representative at the Tiedeman Production and Distribution Center. At that time, each impacted employee will receive a copy of his/her severance information and will also be given transitional details, including meeting with a representative Right Management, a company that specializes in transitional programs.

    We sincerely regret having to go through this process and we thank all who are impacted for their years of service and wish them all the best for their future.
     
    MileHigh, Jul 31, 2013
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