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Yahoo says it will whack 2,000 from the payroll

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by silvercharm, Apr 4, 2012.

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  1. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Thanks for the kind words -- here and in PMs. It's much appreciated.

    It's actually a semi-good situation (as good as it can be under the circumstances). But in short, I'm still on staff for three months and if I stay through then, then there's a one-month bonus then basically a fourth-month severance package that includes benefits.

    So there's time to see what's out there, either where I'm at or elsewhere.
     
    MileHigh, Apr 4, 2012
    #13
  2. 1HPGrad

    1HPGrad Member

    Just logging back in. Crap. I was hoping no messages meant good news.
     
    1HPGrad, Apr 4, 2012
    #14
  3. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Was he not breathing?
     
    BYH, Apr 4, 2012
    #15
  4. JJHHI

    JJHHI Member

    Damn. So much for the relative "safety" of online journalism.

    Best wishes, MileHigh.
     
    JJHHI, Apr 4, 2012
    #16
  5. clutchcargo

    clutchcargo Active Member

    All the best to you, MileHigh.
     
    clutchcargo, Apr 4, 2012
    #17
  6. yawho?

    yawho? New Member

    A few people were let go. I don't want to mention roles at the risk of outing MileHigh. This is on top of several who were quietly let go at the end of the year. The two add up to significant cuts. No cuts to the "leaders" who have bungled things so badly Ken Fuchs had to hire someone from outside to clean up their mess day-to-day newsroom leadership, of course.
     
    yawho?, Apr 4, 2012
    #18
  7. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    I've been outed on here for more than three years, dating to Feb 26, 2009. But I wasn't associated with Yahoo! Sports. And from the sounds of things, these cuts were made high up the food chain and just looking at where there was "overlap" and where on paper they felt cuts could be made. I'm at peace with it. I was more pissed three years ago. And the way I was treated and what the severance is, if they're going to do it, it could be a hell of a lot worse.
     
    MileHigh, Apr 5, 2012
    #19
  8. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Still sorry to hear about this, MileHigh. But I have every confidence that you're going to land just fine. You have the skills, obviously.
     
    jr/shotglass, Apr 5, 2012
    #20
  9. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    Having been around long enough to remember the first purges of online folks in the 1990s, I'm not sure how to respond to this. Perhaps blue font was needed?
     
    HejiraHenry, Apr 5, 2012
    #21
  10. Birdscribe

    Birdscribe Active Member

    Fuck. Me. I'm sorry to hear this, MH. Not that anyone deserves this, but you, of all people ...

    PM forthcoming.
     
    Birdscribe, Apr 5, 2012
    #22
  11. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I'm sorry MileHigh. Hang in there.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Apr 5, 2012
    #23
  12. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    You mean paying college kids $75 a week to not submit reports about their college football team via an FTP site didn't work?
     
    BYH, Apr 5, 2012
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