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Got the bad news, my position was eliminated in a restructuring. Ran my pub's web editorial operations since late 1999. Management is folding five weeklies into one, and they're keeping another web editor who hired on a few months before me. We're probably one of the smaller Guild shops, but we got two weeks' pay for each year, plus I stay on through the transition until Feb. 27, so it could have been much worse.

Anyone need a stringer in metro NY-NJ?
 
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Sorry man, hope things work out quickly for you.
 
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Sorry, GM. Best of luck. Hope you land on both feet.
 
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That sucks to hear.

It's always surprising to me when web folks get laid off, since that is supposed to be the future.
 
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Sorry, goal. I was hoping something would have changed. I'm glad you at least get to stay on and get a LITTLE bit of severance.
 
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Angola! said:
That sucks to hear.

It's always surprising to me when web folks get laid off, since that is supposed to be the future.
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That's the perception. The truth is, the technology to post to the web is as simple as filling out a form online. There won't be any print-only or web-only editors anymore.

Anyway, I found out that part of my salary several years ago had been allocated to one of the pubs being closed down, so that was that.
 
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Re: Ten years (and) gone

goalmouth said:
Angola! said:
That sucks to hear.

It's always surprising to me when web folks get laid off, since that is supposed to be the future.
Click to expand...

That's the perception. The truth is, the technology to post to the web is as simple as filling out a form online. There won't be any print-only or web-only editors anymore.

Anyway, I found out that part of my salary several years ago had been allocated to one of the pubs being closed down, so that was that.
Click to expand...

I guess I better tell my girlfriend, who is a web editor, to continue to improve on her reporting and writing skills.

Good luck in the future.
 
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Ugh. This is becoming far too common around here. Best of luck to you, goalmouth.
 
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****...

I've lived it and it never gets easier to read about it happening to someone else.
 
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Goalmouth, I'm sorry to hear this. It's awful and there's nothing good that comes out of these situations, no matter how much we want to think otherwise.

Take care ... stay strong ...
 
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File for unemployment ASAP and let THEM tell YOU how soon you are or aren't eligible for benefits. Don't wait until the severance period runs out to file. And good luck.
 
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I've already PMed you on this, but want to add my voice to the parade of condolences.

I hate doing this, hate reading about it and hate the fact I've had to do it way too damn much lately, but it's not right not to express sympathy for a good person losing their job here.

Here's some good karma going your way.
 
Re: Ten years (and) gone

goalmouth said:
Angola! said:
That sucks to hear.

It's always surprising to me when web folks get laid off, since that is supposed to be the future.
Click to expand...

That's the perception. The truth is, the technology to post to the web is as simple as filling out a form online. There won't be any print-only or web-only editors anymore.

Anyway, I found out that part of my salary several years ago had been allocated to one of the pubs being closed down, so that was that.
Click to expand...

That's what scares me. That's why I am learning as much flash, HTML and CSS as possible.
 
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Ugh. Sorry to hear, gm, and I'll add my best wishes to everyone else's.
 
Re: Ten years (and) gone

Sorry, Goalmouth. Good luck.
 
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