it looks like Monday we will get the news on the latest round of buyouts at the Kansas City Star. Not only are there going to be more cuts in the newsroom, but also the more consolidation of pages in the paper as well. It also seems some areas of management may be at risk too.The Kansas City Star cut 120 jobs in June, and another 65 jobs in September. The paper raised its newsstand price from 50 cents to 75 cents just last month.
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Nothing personal man, but, what did you expect? I remember all to well when you folks in the Star news room were begged by the Printers, The Mailers, The Pressmen and The Carriers for help, but, instead, you ridiculed them, you crossed the picket lines and went straight to the Nelson room to enjoy the feast and benefit off the misery of your peers. You said that you were too important for that to happen to you all, even though most of you there now got your job off the backs of someone else.
Don't get me wrong, I have a great deal of sympathy for you. Much more than you demonstrated to your fellow employees. Best of luck, your peers didn't get a buyout. They got locked out.
There's no one in the newsroom left from the days of yore when the printers, maileers, etc. asked for help. there hasn't been a picket line in at leaset 25 years....So forget the guilt trip, man.
PS...Sorry about the typos in the above comment. My fingers tripped.
To the contrary several have been escorted out, rather unceremoniously in the past couple of months so save your bull shit. Not only did your fingers trip, but so did your memory...or your facts. Something rather common in the newsroom of the Star.
They also sat by while almost the ENTIRE Adversiting Services Division were let go and jobs went to India. What about the others in each department that were let go and lost not only their pay but also insurance that they really needed. You people had the power of the press but did NOTHING as jobs went to India and they started hiring replacements.
Too Bad so sad but the rest of us feel nothing for you as you did us. So don't give us the BS we know better.
Quess you'll be spending Thanksgiving the same as us....without a job.
4:54 What about the other 185 employee's that lost their jobs while you said nothing.
TAKE THE NY TIMES. YOU CAN HAVE HOME DELIVERY SAME DAY. I did and love it.
Hey McClatchy Watch hope you have a source in the KC Star to report where the cuts are coming from and how many..
They also sat by while almost the ENTIRE Adversiting Services Division were let go and jobs went to India.
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That was truly sad, even beyond what they did to the production people. They actually made the ad services people train their replacements. I believe that was when I became dedicated to the demise of a company that had been in my family for over 80 years. The sooner the Star and McClatchy are out of business, the better off all will be.
10:43 DITTO You are completely correct. But you left out they have and are hiring part-time temps to replace some of the people let go. What most people don't know is that the people they let go can NEVER work for a McClatchy paper again in their lifetime. They had to agree to that to get their little bit of a buyout. What in the hell does that say about a company.
Sell your stock and get out.
While that might be true of some, I know many others who can and will work for The Star again. The people I know had to stay away for a year then can apply for other positions or pick up work as a freelancer.
That does not make the situation any better though, and the true tragedy rests in two places as far as I am concerned ...
1) They should have done what they needed to do from the beginning and have it done with. It is counterproductive to have a round of layoff followed immediately by rumors of more layoffs.
Not only do you have to waste time figuring out how to work with a new smaller staff only to find out you are going to have to shift responsibilities and start the process all over again a month later, but how productive can people possibly be when they are constantly fearing for their job.
2) They started cutting some of the lowest paid people at the company. While I do not think those people should be immune, you can lessen the blow to the people and the company if you cut some of the big salaries. They thought the readership some of those big names brought was worth it, but does anyone really think after seeing the quality decline that keep someone like Whitlock over three other reporters or four other ad services people was really the right move?
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