tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post8155071980793034288..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Miami Herald lays off 16, leaves another 18 positions vacant (updated)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-74944795533418659962009-08-05T18:46:30.661-07:002009-08-05T18:46:30.661-07:00The McClatchy Goal, profits without papers or peop...The McClatchy Goal, profits without papers or people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-45381811230396727472009-08-05T15:57:04.755-07:002009-08-05T15:57:04.755-07:00I only know that at my paper they think they will ...I only know that at my paper they think they will lose some of the adv and circ system programmers.<br /><br />Who knows? Maybe corporate IT will have a central system admin function with the new systems?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-59651208431436016242009-08-05T15:25:50.758-07:002009-08-05T15:25:50.758-07:00"So, what will happen to the IT department in..."So, what will happen to the IT department in Sacramento?"<br /><br />Corp IT or Bee IT or both?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-8824793178012020672009-08-05T15:07:59.763-07:002009-08-05T15:07:59.763-07:00You people are all wrong. We are just trimming th...You people are all wrong. We are just trimming the deadwood so we can be positioned for a strong rebound. Change is in the air. Happy times will be back soon. Just you wait.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-308417622563757932009-08-05T14:45:49.946-07:002009-08-05T14:45:49.946-07:00Yes, corporate payroll is being outsourced.
As fo...Yes, corporate payroll is being outsourced.<br /><br />As for the advertising system, it's one of the systems the company is looking to centralize in the next year or so, and these consolidations will bring job loss with them. Just like other times when technology has advanced (?) and required fewer people.<br /><br />Luckily I.T. people are more marketable than some of the newspaper specific positions where people have been laid off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-6719278862902002242009-08-05T14:34:15.772-07:002009-08-05T14:34:15.772-07:00They are outsourcing the advertising system. So, ...They are outsourcing the advertising system. So, what will happen to the IT department in Sacramento?<br /><br />Also, the salary freeze expires in September 2009. Will they extend this, or will the employees get raises now that the company is "profitable?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-73431603952084987422009-08-05T13:48:33.452-07:002009-08-05T13:48:33.452-07:00The Cuban Communist Party must not be paying their...The Cuban Communist Party must not be paying their bills. Better send the lady with the crew cut down there and ruff little Raoul up for a cut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-3090924119437365842009-08-05T13:39:17.028-07:002009-08-05T13:39:17.028-07:0012:19,
That's the best laugh I've had all ...12:19,<br />That's the best laugh I've had all week. Sad, but true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-68768018663772107422009-08-05T13:25:59.572-07:002009-08-05T13:25:59.572-07:00MNI is down a bit today:
http://www.google.com/fi...MNI is down a bit today:<br /><br />http://www.google.com/finance?q=McClatchyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-49224262653350263202009-08-05T13:00:20.092-07:002009-08-05T13:00:20.092-07:00Each paper has its own financial commitments to de...Each paper has its own financial commitments to deliver to corporate. A paper like The Miami Herald that is experiencing greater revenue softness than others must take extra steps to meet its goals. McClatchy is not like KR where better-performing papers had to pay to prop up underperforming ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-2586590538978685032009-08-05T12:56:56.760-07:002009-08-05T12:56:56.760-07:00Come one, who needs a job anyway?
Obama is Presid...Come one, who needs a job anyway?<br /><br />Obama is President! Hope and Change is here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-58316759001634519542009-08-05T12:19:42.316-07:002009-08-05T12:19:42.316-07:00Re 12:15, they would outsource themselves if they ...Re 12:15, they would outsource themselves if they could come up with a plan to do it and keep their salaries etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-14056971522479720682009-08-05T12:15:58.319-07:002009-08-05T12:15:58.319-07:00Is corporate outsourcing the payroll dept?Is corporate outsourcing the payroll dept?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-3783792999174065102009-08-05T11:41:06.922-07:002009-08-05T11:41:06.922-07:0011:00 -- thanks, error fixed.11:00 -- thanks, error fixed.Kevin Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04694898785243338105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-71000276597688299012009-08-05T11:35:48.922-07:002009-08-05T11:35:48.922-07:00Condolences to those unfortunates who are being ax...Condolences to those unfortunates who are being axed. On the other hand, congratulations for being rid of McClatchy and its modern sweat shops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-69411823995351580422009-08-05T11:32:20.496-07:002009-08-05T11:32:20.496-07:00I see McClatchy is already hard at work getting th...I see McClatchy is already hard at work getting those 3Q profits artificially propped up. They're beyond despicable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-53551429916691635392009-08-05T11:27:21.393-07:002009-08-05T11:27:21.393-07:00Each paper contributes to the whole. Thus 1 paper...Each paper contributes to the whole. Thus 1 paper might be who made up all of the profit (theoretically).<br /><br />Since no one knows who helped and who hurt, why not just let each paper further trim the fat where desired.<br /><br />Guess this will bode well for better Q3 results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-73780548539747738652009-08-05T11:01:52.420-07:002009-08-05T11:01:52.420-07:00So I take it that layoffs from this point on will ...So I take it that layoffs from this point on will not be publicly acknowledged? We must depend on Landsburg and McClatchy Watch for relevant news about the industry? <br /><br />This isn't right. We're profitable! They already said that loss of revenues didn't really matter so why are they still laying us off?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-4161939326945041452009-08-05T11:00:34.111-07:002009-08-05T11:00:34.111-07:00But McClatchy is in great shape! Don't tell me...But McClatchy is in great shape! Don't tell me they lied, right?<br /><br />Oh no, the next thing you'll tell me is that there's no Santa Calus and that Obama is not the Messiah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-85540618348558119482009-08-05T11:00:14.052-07:002009-08-05T11:00:14.052-07:00Who's John Landsberg? I know of a David Landsb...Who's John Landsberg? I know of a David Landsberg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-42023528133804920122009-08-05T10:57:51.701-07:002009-08-05T10:57:51.701-07:00They were all canceled last year.
Stop peddling y...They were all canceled last year.<br /><br />Stop peddling your idiocy as everyone knows there will not be any raises anytime soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-14041264587549789982009-08-05T10:57:32.553-07:002009-08-05T10:57:32.553-07:00Did they ever sell their parking lot?Did they ever sell their parking lot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-34420073897988707842009-08-05T10:51:18.839-07:002009-08-05T10:51:18.839-07:00Was that beast Rosenberg among them?Was that beast Rosenberg among them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-20880401966240387172009-08-05T10:50:42.967-07:002009-08-05T10:50:42.967-07:00Anon 10:48 Absolutely. I want my raise!!!Anon 10:48 Absolutely. I want my raise!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-83258365103947476692009-08-05T10:48:42.834-07:002009-08-05T10:48:42.834-07:00What happened to all those August raises?What happened to all those August raises?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com