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02-22-2009, 01:23 PM | #61 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Iowa
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I graduated with a journalism degree a couple of years ago and finally landed a job about 10 months ago. The newspaper industry was in rough shape before the financial collapse and it is not doing any better now.
Our circulation numbers have been decreasing, from around 70K 10 years ago for the daily edition to just over 63K now, and because of this, our paper is currently undergoing "restructuring." They made every single employee in the company (writers, editors, press operators, etc.) re-apply for their jobs, and although we don't anticipate losing many people, pay cuts around the board would not be all that surprising. We are privately owned and not run by the one of the newspaper conglomerates (Gannett, Knight-Ridder, etc.), so we don't have as many problems as they do, but we still are not doing as well as we would like. I hope the industry can survive this, not just for my job security, but because I think newspapers serve a purpose. I know many people don't hold the media in high regard, though, so I may be off base. |
02-22-2009, 01:55 PM | #62 |
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My earlier point exactly....It's an A to B situation, No work, Debt, Depression, Beer, = ?
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02-22-2009, 02:14 PM | #63 |
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The roof, the river or the revolver.
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02-22-2009, 02:17 PM | #64 |
Fliegende Sturmtruppen
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Right, and the copper is Happy for the extra opportunities at lead dodging.
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02-22-2009, 02:43 PM | #65 |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Jacksonville
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I was a little but then along came the "stimulus" and a cure for the State's budget deficit. I laugh at all my friends who went to work for BofA, Merrill Lynch, Wachovia etc who are now unemployed because these are the same folks who joked about my going to work for the State. Guess it wasn't such a stupid move after all.
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02-22-2009, 02:44 PM | #66 |
Spec Unit Werewolf Viper
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Alabama
Posts: 69
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Me....worried?
I work for a company that runs patterns on sheet rock and mdf boards for mobile home companies like Fleetwood. Things were starting to look bad last year, around the early summer. So I thought about hunting up a part time job just incase I lost my full time job. Luckily they openned up a Lowes just down the street and I was able to get in before the store officially openned in October. I get 20 hrs a week at Lowes. My full time job layed us off two weeks before christmas then brought us back two weeks after christmas (we knew it was just a temp layoff). But since being brought back we've only been working 12 hrs a week, with last week being the exception of 14. A lot of my coworkers are pissing and moaning about the hours but none of them are willing to go get a part time job. So my sympathy level for then is 0. To try and not get hired is one thing, but to just sit and complain is another. Ya gotta to what it takes.....or suffer the consequences. |
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