Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Rumblings from The Journal

Stay tuned. It appears the long knives may be coming out at The Flint Journal soon.

Word is at least one person has already been fired and the rest are restless.
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You blast the WaPo for shoddy journalism, and then post "word on the street" style rumors? Way to stick by your principles!

11 November, 2008 16:44
Anonymous said...

Employees in Saginaw also are restless. There's a big staff meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

11 November, 2008 17:21
Jim of L-Town said...

Trust me, I'm on it. I didn't give any names, but trust me, someone was fired (for their sake I'm not going to publish their name).

And just for the record, I posted an article from the WaPo about the WaPo. I really didn't have to blast them anymore than they blasted themselves.

11 November, 2008 20:51
Anonymous said...

The massacre, part 2.
Here's the msg Bossman Tony sent to staff today. I feel sorry for those people, but I know the feeling all too well, having lived through the massacre, part 1. This paper and our former industry, knows no bottom. It just keeps getting worse...also see my additional comment at the end...

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 5:24 pm
Subject: Wednesday announcement


Dave Sharp will be making an announcement to the staff on Wednesday, discussing major changes that we will be making in the way we operate our eight newspapers in Michigan.

Dave will address the editorial staff as soon as we clear deadline in the morning, right around 9:05 a.m. That conversation will take place in the new training room on the mezzanine level. Please plan to attend that meeting if you are able to.

Throughout the day, Dave will continue to give the same presentation to employees in other departments. If you can't make the meeting for editorial, you are welcome to attend any of the other sessions. Here's the schedule. All of these sessions will also be in the mezzanine training room unless noted otherwise.

9:45 a.m. -- Advertising

10:15 -- Accounting, Human Resources, Marketing

10:45 -- Circulation

1 p.m. -- Press and mailroom (at the PDC)

4:30 p.m. -- Open session for any employees unable to attend earlier sessions

After Dave makes his announcement, I will begin meeting individually with newsroom employees to discuss how these changes affect you and what your options are. My goal will be to speak to everyone yet this week. I understand that you want and need answers, and now that Dave will be laying it all out for you, I look forward to addressing your questions to the fullest extent.

Tony

Not only has T. Baloney continued his role as the Grim Reaper, he also is dictating political displays to editorial types. I've heard he has threatened to fire those who displayed a sign, etc, to either, or any, political candidates. Thsi even went to the home; an Obama sign, mcCain sign, or whatever, in your yard could have been a basis to firing. I understand the ban at work; however, I believe TonyBaloney overstepped his own considerabelego with that move. What if you spouse worked for a political party, or candidate? How he(they) can dictate off-hours LEGAL behavior is beyond me. If the massacre Part 1 was not a lesson to any current or new employees that TB, JF and DS are not EVER to be trusted, then this dictating to a person's basic freedoms should be.

11 November, 2008 20:54

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