tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post444430799301878718..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: McClatchy reports 2nd quarter overall revenue down 25% from one year ago, ad revenue down 30%... company touts expense reductions, growth in digitalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-4760421994665326582009-07-22T07:16:24.534-07:002009-07-22T07:16:24.534-07:007:25PM
At least Walmart will be around for a long...7:25PM<br /><br />At least Walmart will be around for a long time, can't say the same thing for the sinking ship mniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-86617023740670070622009-07-21T21:48:50.470-07:002009-07-21T21:48:50.470-07:00Most weren't cut loose, they left willingly. I...Most weren't cut loose, they left willingly. It's the inept leftovers, the pathetic flotsam that still toils at McClatchy who are embarrassing themselves daily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-80900714565743106182009-07-21T19:25:12.968-07:002009-07-21T19:25:12.968-07:00Don't worry all of you has been hacks that wer...Don't worry all of you has been hacks that were cut loose...eventually you might find a job working at Walmart, or at least our "savior" will bail you out with more unemployment after your severance runs out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-69200742968457493072009-07-21T17:27:13.309-07:002009-07-21T17:27:13.309-07:003:30PM
I agree the company has turned the corner,...3:30PM<br /><br />I agree the company has turned the corner, retard shaky hands like you is all thats leftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-63797338334909626382009-07-21T17:11:53.660-07:002009-07-21T17:11:53.660-07:004:30 PM Cut him some slack. It's pretty clear ...4:30 PM Cut him some slack. It's pretty clear that fanboy is some employee's kid who thinks he is helping mom or dad. <br /><br />You know, like when they tell the brat to act a fool in school so mom can get an increase in welfare payments for a disturbed kid. Junior just thinks he is helping out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-86447555870310530262009-07-21T16:30:44.884-07:002009-07-21T16:30:44.884-07:00...meanwhile the vacation burn continues, along wi......meanwhile the vacation burn continues, along with the short staffing, wage freeze, benefit whacking...what a great company. enjoy what time remains for you my little troll...bwahahaha...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-31338147899135733662009-07-21T15:30:41.365-07:002009-07-21T15:30:41.365-07:00Get over it. We cut you loose you money sucking r...Get over it. We cut you loose you money sucking retards and MNI is profitable again! We didn't need your sorry, complaining ways before and we don't need you now. You can whine all you want but this company has turned a corner and you and your sorry republican friends are disappearing in our rear view mirror. Buh Bye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-24399916630878179852009-07-21T15:23:53.563-07:002009-07-21T15:23:53.563-07:00Clearly, things still stink because employees are ...Clearly, things still stink because employees are being furloughed or having to vote between that and a vacation burn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-4213844147795415072009-07-21T12:58:43.576-07:002009-07-21T12:58:43.576-07:0011:59AM
I don't think the laid off folks are ...11:59AM<br /><br />I don't think the laid off folks are bitter, they after all got buyouts. You my little friend may not get anything. <br /><br />You sound like one of those cheaper inferior corporate types that have been kept on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-20841680301414956582009-07-21T12:54:06.589-07:002009-07-21T12:54:06.589-07:0012:19 PM
"employment advertising" decli...12:19 PM<br /><br />"employment advertising" declined by something close to 51% ...<br /><br />if they include it, their percentages are a lot worse than if it is excluded.<br /><br />In other words, excluding it makes their revenues seem better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-33324876763102312522009-07-21T12:51:16.791-07:002009-07-21T12:51:16.791-07:00Cutting through all the rhetoric and revenue numbe...Cutting through all the rhetoric and revenue numbers, the bottom line is this: Are you happy working for McClatchy? My guess is that 95 perent of current employees are dissatisfied and hoping to hook up elsewhere. You can't freeze wages, cut wages, hack benefits and increase the workload without destroying morale. That is not the sign of a healthy company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-4188848282392773902009-07-21T12:19:38.987-07:002009-07-21T12:19:38.987-07:00I may be "no rocket scientist" But can s...I may be "no rocket scientist" But can somebody explain to me why they ALWAYS say " Excluding employment advertising"<br /><br />Employment advertising WAS money last year, and counted, why can they just "mark it short and be done with it"?<br /><br />NO FLAME PLEASE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-36731850208019630522009-07-21T11:59:54.731-07:002009-07-21T11:59:54.731-07:00Nice, the MW haters are out in full force. Keep a...Nice, the MW haters are out in full force. Keep at it 11:32. They are just mad and bitter about being let go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-26679497746070669452009-07-21T11:44:44.327-07:002009-07-21T11:44:44.327-07:00We go on vacation to the Gulf of Mexico.
Why d...We go on vacation to the Gulf of Mexico. <br /><br /><br /><br />Why do I get the impression that you may have a case against McClatchy for child labor abuse? How old are you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-12392641839925269862009-07-21T11:43:06.321-07:002009-07-21T11:43:06.321-07:00All this good news has McClatchy stock at an infla...All this good news has McClatchy stock at an inflated 72 cents a share. Pop the cork before it drops back to 50 cents by week's end. Can you buy a Snickers' bar for 72 cents?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-3888758802809183202009-07-21T11:36:04.865-07:002009-07-21T11:36:04.865-07:00You have to be hard-working if you still work for ...You have to be hard-working if you still work for McClatchy - you're doing the jobs of three people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-61423180070907634002009-07-21T11:34:03.657-07:002009-07-21T11:34:03.657-07:00Those with brains bailed on their own terms. Those...Those with brains bailed on their own terms. Those who got laidoff were vulnerable because they chose to stick around. Why anybody would still be working for McClatchy is beyond comprehension. They deserve everything that is coming to them -which is all bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-12939139000333051232009-07-21T11:32:36.825-07:002009-07-21T11:32:36.825-07:0011:17am is yet another, non-fact filled whine abou...11:17am is yet another, non-fact filled whine about something they know nothing about. There are plenty of hard working people at McClatchy that are homeowner and have multiple cars. We go on vacation to the Gulf of Mexico. <br /><br />But again, keep at it like everyone else. Come up with more ways to whine about how our hard work led to profits. Spiffs are back. Money is being made.<br /><br />You are correct though. Well, at least tell yourself that. Whine, whine, whine. Rant, rant, rant. We are better off without you fairweather fans. Go away to the little whole that you now call an employer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-73586936229003158372009-07-21T11:28:35.526-07:002009-07-21T11:28:35.526-07:00I agree, mcclatchy had no choice but to let go of ...I agree, mcclatchy had no choice but to let go of the quality they could no longer afford and keep the inferior cheaper stuff.<br /><br />---------------------------------<br /><br />Really? That is why they let everyone go via the LIFO format? Last in First Out? The majority of the people let go were newer employees that were harder working and least expensive then the old dinosaurs we have.<br /><br />They didn't want EEO issues so that is why so many "fresh blood" employees were let go...what is really ultimately needed to turn the company around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-16004244821898867532009-07-21T11:17:21.413-07:002009-07-21T11:17:21.413-07:00There are three types of people still working for ...There are three types of people still working for McClatchy:<br />Suckups willing to work for reduced wages and benefits.<br />Incompetents who can't find employment elsewhere.<br />The young and too dumb to know better. <br /><br />The smart, talented ones have already left for professions with a future, taken buyouts or retired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-67356881552404795072009-07-21T11:10:34.611-07:002009-07-21T11:10:34.611-07:0010:59AM
I agree, mcclatchy had no choice but to ...10:59AM <br /><br />I agree, mcclatchy had no choice but to let go of the quality they could no longer afford and keep the inferior cheaper stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-78691782182947641512009-07-21T11:03:38.937-07:002009-07-21T11:03:38.937-07:00When H.R. explained the "new 401-K" to t...When H.R. explained the "new 401-K" to this former K-R property, it was stated that the "matching bonus" would be paid when the company was profitable. I'm waiting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-28906376276063728312009-07-21T11:00:44.868-07:002009-07-21T11:00:44.868-07:0010:54AM -
any company can show a profit by cutti...10:54AM - <br /><br />any company can show a profit by cutting costs, even a retard CEO can do that.<br /><br />a ship with a hole in it will eventually sink even when you have thrown everything overboard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-57663045358174696342009-07-21T10:59:15.702-07:002009-07-21T10:59:15.702-07:00I think they are just sore that we are profitable ...I think they are just sore that we are profitable at their dead weight expense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-31736643511839118122009-07-21T10:54:38.863-07:002009-07-21T10:54:38.863-07:00The 10:47 comment is quite typical of the simple m...The 10:47 comment is quite typical of the simple mindedness of so many of you. You call us trolls. You say we're going bankrupt. Yet; here we are today. A profitable company. Spin it any way you want. Say the numbers are cooked. Say the revenue is down. Say what you will. All of what you are saying is pure conjecture of what you "think" may happen. <br /><br />Here is what we know. Earnings were reported much higher than previously thought. We are profitable. <br /><br />Keep whining. We'll keep working to turn it around. Again, we will continue to visit this site to give you miserable people don't feel all alone in your dread and hatred for a company that didn't need you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com