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Worst company you've worked for...

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by SanitizedSamolean, May 19, 2009.

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Just for fun...masochism-style...what's the worst newspaper company you've worked for?

  1. Hearst

    2 vote(s)
    2.2%

  2. Belo

    1 vote(s)
    1.1%

  3. American Consolidated Media

    1 vote(s)
    1.1%

  4. Stephens Media

    3 vote(s)
    3.3%

  5. CNHI

    9 vote(s)
    9.9%

  6. Gannett

    16 vote(s)
    17.6%

  7. McClatchy

    3 vote(s)
    3.3%

  8. News Corp.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  9. Journal Register

    9 vote(s)
    9.9%

  10. Tribune Co.

    4 vote(s)
    4.4%

  11. Freedom Comm.

    2 vote(s)
    2.2%

  12. Other (Please reveal)

    41 vote(s)
    45.1%
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  1. RossLT

    RossLT Guest

    Pioneer Newspapers
     
    RossLT, May 19, 2009
    #25
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Never worked at a newspaper, but can I play anyway?

    The Tampa Bay Devil Rays were by far the worst company I ever worked for.

    Under the previous ownership they were the cheapest most arrogant fucks I ever worked for. And they were dishonest too.

    Caused me to get out of sports marketing. But I'm thankful for that. I just hope they never win another game.
     
    YankeeFan, May 20, 2009
    #26
  3. fishwrapper

    fishwrapper Active Member

    Me: Jack Kent Cooke, Tribune (twice) and Dean Singleton and Sam Zell.
    Who can beat that?
     
    fishwrapper, May 20, 2009
    #27
  4. Colton

    Colton Active Member

    I've almost hit for the cycle:

    1) Singleton.


    2) Thompson.

    3) CNHI (presently)

    Throw in a JRC and I've had a golden sombrero.
     
    Colton, May 20, 2009
    #28
  5. SanitizedSamolean

    SanitizedSamolean Member

    Is that like a dirty sanchez?
     
    SanitizedSamolean, May 20, 2009
    #29
  6. pressboxer

    pressboxer Active Member

    Where's Morris?
     
    pressboxer, May 20, 2009
    #30
  7. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    Copley allowed an ASE, who took a buyout from one of its papers, to come back to another of its papers as SE. He was a first-class asshole who ruined the department and who laid me off without a reason -- not without VALID reason, without reason, period. Then he was part of a management group that killed off the sister paper 20 miles away.
    That's what I was thinking about when I voted, then I remembered I was at a paper that Singleton bought back when he was a small-timer and less than the newspaper destroyer he is now. I got outta there before the slashing and burning began.
     
    SoCalDude, May 20, 2009
    #31
  8. Smokey33

    Smokey33 Member

    Gatehouse.

    Somebody from corporate took sports dept's best laptop because he needed a new one.

    Gatehouse sold the paintings on the wall when they took over.
     
    Smokey33, May 20, 2009
    #32
  9. jemaz

    jemaz Member

    The worst I ever worked for does not exist any more (there must be a God). It was Park Communications, based in Ithica NY and owners of small newspapers in many states (including the Manassas Journal Messenger in Virginia). When I first began, I worked for Worrell Newspapers and literally qualified for food stamps while putting in 80 hours a week easy (although they were an inefficient 80 hours). The small Media General publications were largely purchased from Worrell, which also no longer exists. I can only imagine what those companies would do in times like these.

    I also worked for Hearst, which I thought was a pretty good company.
     
    jemaz, May 20, 2009
    #33
  10. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    jemaz - did Park also own some TV stations? I heard some horror stories about those stations.
     
    Moderator1, May 20, 2009
    #34
  11. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    The next good one I work for, traditional or otherwise, will be the first.
     
    BYH, May 20, 2009
    #35
  12. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I only worked for one company - Media General. I truly had no complaints during my time there. Pay was excellent, benefits were pretty good and our working conditions were just fine. I traveled a lot and they never made me go cheap. I discovered a per diem error on a long overseas trip and the company paid the difference the next day.
    Now, what they've done since things have gone in the can? A different story and I disagree strongly with a lot of it. But the way they treated me during my time as an employee? Zero complaints.

    I did get one call about a pretty expensive dinner in New York. "When you pay for other people, it's fine we just need to know," they said. Uh, that was for me. "Jesus. I hope it was really good." It was, and they paid up. Of course, I spent three full days in NY and my meal total was about 110. Almost all of it on that one dinner. It was really good.
     
    Moderator1, May 20, 2009
    #36
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