If you get laid off or bought out what will you do?

[Mizzougrad96]

When/if it happens to me, I'm done. Curious what others think...

 

[Ace]

I'll at least be looking for a job before I am laid off. That's for sure.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I'll at least be looking for a job before I am laid off. That's for sure.

Already doing so. I'm waiting for the next round of buyouts at my place and I'm probably done.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/58237/

It's hardly the same thing...

 

[sportschick]

I'm moving to Montana to open a fabric store where Mizzou, Slappy and Inky will live in a yurt Inky builds of goatskin in the backyard and sell drugs through the drive-thru while Mustang, Dre and I sort thread by color.

I'm only slightly joking. If I get laid off, I'm done with newspapers. Beyond that, I don't know.

 

[forever_town]

Probably work as a stripper.

One serious option I'm thinking of would be to get an office job out of journalism. I'm pretty adept with computers/office software, etc. and I know telephone etiquette. Another would be to learn to be a bartender.

 

[King Of All Media]

Wow. 100 percent. That's crazy.

 

[Smartwriter]

I'm laid off and have been looking for that next step. My search does not involve newspapers.

 

[Fudgie the Whale]

Look for a job outside of journalism? Where else will we find a high-stress, low-paying job that drains us emotionally with little reward?

I'm thinking coal miner or teacher.

 

[sportschick]

Look for a job outside of journalism? Where else will we find a high-stress, low-paying job that drains us emotionally with little reward?

I'm thinking coal miner or teacher.

Coal miners make good money though.

 

[JayFarrar]

The first thing I would do is figure up how much money I have and how long I can live without getting a job.
Then I'd look around, and assuming I didn't or couldn't move, figure out my local options and take the best one.
I'd probably take a real hard look at niche publishing. But that's just me.

 

[Smartwriter]

Look for a job outside of journalism? Where else will we find a high-stress, low-paying job that drains us emotionally with little reward?

I'm thinking coal miner or teacher.

Public school teachers get state benefits and three months off.

 

[Riddick]

I really have no ****n clue what I'm going to do if I get layed off. I do know, I'm desperately searching for a new gig, which as most of you know, is very tough since the market is flooded with a lot of quality journalists right now.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

16-0. Holy ****.

 

[2underpar]

i'm gonna work in the cart barn at the local muny. I have experience in this field, and you get to play for free, too.
during my last forced sabbatical, i got my handicap down to about a 3 because i spent time hitting balls and playing.

 

[Fudgie the Whale]

16-0. Holy ****.

I'm guessing a lot of people that have been in the bidness a while know how hard it would be to find a similar-level job ($$$) somewhere else. Lots of young, inexpensive kids ready to take your place.

Plus, if you have roots, family, kids, etc., why would you move for a job at another paper that probably doesn't have any better job security?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

16-0. Holy ****.

That's my reason. I don't want to move my family to a place where I could be looking in another year or two. That's not fair to them.

I'm guessing a lot of people that have been in the bidness a while know how hard it would be to find a similar-level job ($$$) somewhere else. Lots of young, inexpensive kids ready to take your place.

Plus, if you have roots, family, kids, etc., why would you move for a job at another paper that probably doesn't have any better job security?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Don't do what I did, namely **** up your life royally for six or eight months because you refuse to acknowledge you're under severe emotional stress.
Those looking for work outside newspapers are on the right track. Oddly enough, we DO have skills that are desirable to employers besides papers. I'm working in a business I didn't know existed when I was at the Herald. It's not as much fun, but there are lots worse jobs, and it's a good company.

 

[Bump_Wills]

A very good friend of mine once answered me thusly when I suggested that another journalism job might be a good fit for him:

"This rap game, this rap game,
I ain't sellin' my soul for this rap game,
I ain't diggin' no hole for this rap game,
This rap game, this rap game

"You know what I mean? There's nothing in this business that would be worth moving my family, giving up an unbelievable mortgage/home equity situation and uprooting from a place that truly feels like home."

*****

That's where I am now. I'm not going to chase better opportunities in this business, because I don't think there are any. I'm in a good situation. If it stops being a good situation -- and judging from the speed of deterioration elsewhere, I wouldn't be surprised if it does -- I'm finding something else to do, right here at home.

 

[SCEditor]

I voted that I'm staying in journalism, but I don't expect to be laid off or bought out any time soon. I'm at a 16K family-owned daily, so we don't have the corporate jackals or the stockholders to ruin our shop.

I will say this: When I took this job a year ago, I said I'd stay 2-5 years and then attempt to move up. Now I look at the stability we have in our shop and the cuts being made across the country, and I realize I'm probably going to stick around here a little bit longer.

I can, however, understand everybody else's trepidation when it comes to staying in this profession. And I don't think leaving the business is an indication of a lack of desire or passion. But this is all I know how to do. So I'm not leaving anytime soon.