Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Full time obituary representative needed at the Kansas City Star -- $8.33 an hour

The KC Star is looking for an obituary representative. The announcement:

Description:

If you are a team player, empathetic, have excellent customer service skills and are able to work independently, we may have the ideal job for you!

The Star is seeking to fill an Obituary Representative position. This is a 7-day per week, 365-day per year operation. Some holidays will be required.

Hours of Operation are:

8:30am - 5:30pm Mon.- Fri.

11:30am - 5:30pm Sat., Sun. & Holidays


Requirements:


Work Schedule / Hours:

Mon. 9:00am - 6:00pm

Tue. OFF

Wed. 8:30am - 5:30pm

Thur. 8:30am - 5:30pm

Fri. 8:30am - 5:30pm

Sat. 11:30am - 5:30pm

Sun. OFF

You must be a rapid, accurate typist, min. 45 wpm, (test will be given); possess good spelling skills; detail-oriented; a team player; and able to work with little supervision. Salary - $8.33 per hour

We offer an excellent benefits package including a 401(k) plan and a generous paid time off policy.


Click here for more info.

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14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, that's even more than minimum wage. Plus a 401(k) plan without a company match. I might have to move to KC to take advantage of such a great opportunity.

Anonymous said...

Obituaries are truly the only growth area in advertising for newspapers. This should be better paid.

Anonymous said...

LOL The high school girls at Sonic Drive in make much more. Of course they have a real talent. They can roller skate.

Anonymous said...

LMAO above posts!

Anonymous said...

These leftist creeps heaped their crap on Walmart for years about paying less than a living wage, and now they pay their so-called educated people less than Walmart. GO get those $19,000 a year jobs journalists, go! PS: the thousands you spent on your education will get you ahead any day now.

Anonymous said...

In/Out Burger starts their kids at $10.00 per hour. and their kids always look good and have some smarts too!!

But having "smarts" eliminates them from McClatchy.

Anonymous said...

Would that obituary representative be writng the McClatchy obit by chance? If so, I'll take the job and pay them $8.32 an hour.Would only take 5 minutes to write it.

Anonymous said...

...GO get those $19,000 a year jobs journalists, go! PS: the thousands you spent on your education will get you ahead any day now...

My, my. Do we detect a little resentment here from someone who didn't get the education necessary to get a job with the pay that he/she felt he/she was entitled to?

Anonymous said...

My, my. Do we detect a little resentment here from someone who didn't get the education necessary to get a job with the pay that he/she felt he/she was entitled to?



Nope, we detect someone laughing their ass off at how you're being repaid for selling out your "profession."

It is incredible how a journalist can be trained into not being able to comprehend the written word. That must be where, "teaching you a NEW way to think" came in. Huh?

John Altevogt said...

Yeah, lots of time off what with the furloughs and such. And you guys are forgetting the difference in the pay at those fast food restaurants and The Star is that at the restaurants you get free food and you don't at The Star. So it's $10 and hour plus food vs $8.33 and you buy your own.

Anonymous said...

I don't care about no stinkin free sonic burgers. I'll gladly pay for a Steak Burger from the Pub....Oh damn, they closed down the Pub.

Is there a Sonic Drive in that doesn't require advanced skills? This commentary gig is starting to suck and the wife said I need to get a real job.

Anonymous said...

Deffenbaugh is hiring and the good news is they hire even more paroled criminals than the KC Star!

The pay is much, much better too.

Anonymous said...

Anon 3:35 What a great quote! I never thought of it in these terms. Thanks!

"Nope, we detect someone laughing their ass off at how you're being repaid for selling out your "profession."

Anonymous said...

Obituaries are all part of the scam that is death. Some families spend $1,000 or more on the obituary alone.