tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post1658723986531039180..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: McClatchy cartoonist resigns rather than accept demotion to part-timeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-52577355181644874902009-03-17T14:46:00.000-07:002009-03-17T14:46:00.000-07:00My guess is that he has enough confidence in his s...My guess is that he has enough confidence in his skills and his ability to use them to make a living that the decision is reasonable. <BR/><BR/>That's really all that counts. He is a free person making a free choice. Good for him. <BR/><BR/>If he can sell his product elsewhere and make a good living I hope he buys Gary's yacht when MNI goes bankrupt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-3384059394173601502009-03-17T14:35:00.000-07:002009-03-17T14:35:00.000-07:00Offering this man a part-time gig is no different ...Offering this man a part-time gig is no different than when they fired full-time staff and immediately started trying to replace them with freelancers. They're trying to get the same amount of work for less pay by cutting back hours and/or paying only for work that's delivered. Obviously they think they can turn him into a part-timer and get the same number of cartoons.<BR/><BR/>Now they get no cartoons from him, and no original content.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-11657731539656464122009-03-17T14:06:00.000-07:002009-03-17T14:06:00.000-07:00I just re-read it. I guess I'm missing something,...I just re-read it. I guess I'm missing something, or what you're trying to say isn't translating in this medium. It still comes off as critical to me, but then it wouldn't be the first mistake I've made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-7266136350420682932009-03-17T13:31:00.000-07:002009-03-17T13:31:00.000-07:00I can't believe I just read that.---------------Yo...I can't believe I just read that.<BR/><BR/>---------------<BR/><BR/>You would have if you had read what it was in response to. It wasn't a slam against the guy. It was directed to the comment about there being "so many" unfilled jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-10894308741968768762009-03-17T13:24:00.000-07:002009-03-17T13:24:00.000-07:00http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/64187.htmlA l...http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/64187.html<BR/><BR/>A little push a little too late?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-12359960162692144262009-03-17T13:18:00.000-07:002009-03-17T13:18:00.000-07:00"If drawing cartoons is the only talent or skill y..."If drawing cartoons is the only talent or skill you've accumulated in a lifetime, your problems run much deeper than the job market."<BR/><BR/>I can't believe I just read that. This guy has managed to earn a decent living for he and his family doing something he loves and is honored amongst his colleagues to boot and you think there's something wrong with him?<BR/><BR/>Now he has the gonads to tell these managerial incompetents to stuff it and heads out to generate his own income. Wow. I don't even know what side of the fence he's on, but I'd like to know someone like that.<BR/><BR/>Only talent or skill indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-88268049265903328572009-03-17T12:19:00.000-07:002009-03-17T12:19:00.000-07:00If drawing cartoons is the only talent or skill yo...If drawing cartoons is the only talent or skill you've accumulated in a lifetime, your problems run much deeper than the job market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-1283542034287690122009-03-17T12:06:00.000-07:002009-03-17T12:06:00.000-07:00Yes, plus there are so many unfilled jobs out ther...Yes, plus there are so many unfilled jobs out there for editorial cartoonists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-65834114799313363522009-03-17T09:41:00.000-07:002009-03-17T09:41:00.000-07:00Anyone who would take the part time gig needs to h...Anyone who would take the part time gig needs to have their head examined and packed off swiftly to gambler's anonymous. <BR/><BR/>You'd have to be completely delusional to forgo the buyout when they look you right in the eye and say that if you stay, no guaranteed job and there might be no buyout at all next time. <BR/><BR/>Anyone who would stay under those conditions is a certifiable idiot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com