tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post1167684406088407353..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Modesto Bee lays off sevenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-61652028143037725152009-10-12T18:18:35.833-07:002009-10-12T18:18:35.833-07:00Looks like the dreaded company bad news form lette...Looks like the dreaded company bad news form letter is making the rounds again. It's only a matter of time before Charlotte, Kansas City, Wichita, Fort Worth and the other properties get the same type of bad news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-38011134599644284842009-10-12T17:16:09.913-07:002009-10-12T17:16:09.913-07:00Here's some useful sites to peruse...
http://...Here's some useful sites to peruse...<br /><br />http://www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Telephone_Numbers.htm<br />http://www.edd.ca.gov/<br />http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/<br />http://www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/<br /><br />Remember you have 16 weeks after you are laid off to apply for funded retraining.<br /><br />When you call the EDD and it says "Thank you for calling..." HANG UP AND TRY AGAIN!!! <br /><br />If it says "Welcome to the EDD..." Then you are in (sort of)...Good luck...ya shoulda took the buyout a year ago!!!ex-worker Beenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-73604314713717527232009-10-12T17:13:02.443-07:002009-10-12T17:13:02.443-07:00They've changed their MO for this quarter'...They've changed their MO for this quarter's profit announcement: Lay people off BEFORE the announcement instead of after.<br /><br />Re trying to break your spirit: Yes they are. The more that quit, the less they have to spend in severance packages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-70339179814393883872009-10-12T15:20:26.204-07:002009-10-12T15:20:26.204-07:00I understand my personal spending habits will not ...I understand my personal spending habits will not make a difference in the economy but my fear to spend any money right now is great. Until I change industries or things improve vastly call me Tightwad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-49610571507014798312009-10-12T14:58:17.119-07:002009-10-12T14:58:17.119-07:00We have our quarterly meeting with our publisher o...We have our quarterly meeting with our publisher on Wednesday. Scared to death of what's going to be said. Even more afraid of what they won't tell us. It's like they're trying to break our spirits ... and it's working.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-22685529781746372082009-10-12T14:09:33.956-07:002009-10-12T14:09:33.956-07:00Here's an idea... why don't the yahoos in ...Here's an idea... why don't the yahoos in Corporate (Pruitt, Whittaker, Hendricks, etc.) offer to take $1 or no salary at all so they can pay down their debt? Maybe it will save some employees, or better yet, hire back the GOOD employees who were let go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-62455033437877827782009-10-12T13:54:07.373-07:002009-10-12T13:54:07.373-07:00Saying goodbye to "good friends" is neve...Saying goodbye to "good friends" is never easy... blah, blah,blah,<br />"Our continued success" depends on screwing hardworking employees who get the paper out every night while managers and corporate clowns feather their nests with outrageous pay, bonuses and stock options.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com