We Were Print

The Post and every other newspaper going through the buy-outs and layoffs are put out by an entire company of workers. It’s not just a newsroom of writers and editors, though those people are more visible to the communities, both in print and online.
But those who support the newsroom are taking a hit, too.
Who else is affected? [...]

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PBNI Career Transition / Outplacement / Workforce Re-entry Program

Open to All PBNI Employees

Tuesday, July 29th

8:30 – 10:30 a.m.; 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. / Auditorium

The First Steps: Career Assessment and Planning for Workforce Re-entry

In this workshop participants will complete an assessment tool to gain awareness of possible career choices suited for their individual skills and interests; [...]

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Your buyout paperwork is in, you’ve spoken to your financial planner, you’re stealing office supplies like a madman, collecting clips while you can still can do your own pulls and you’re counting down to August 12 (or August 31 or September 26). Sooner or later, the shock/thrill will wear down and ‘what next’ is going [...]

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All the buyout offers submitted were accepted by the Post. Employees had to re-sign the yellow sheet acknowledging they know they’re being accepted into the Voluntary Separation Agreement. Those who are retiring also wrote “Retiring” on it to indicate same.
Management said more than 300 applied for the VSP and were accepted, but some departments were [...]

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Prior to 1986 or so, the IRS allowed for income averaging for just about everyone. Now, unless you are a farmer or fisherman, there is no income averaging.
Income averaging was a great concept. Say you’re a salesman or a lottery winnder and you have a huge payday: you could spread the taxes out over multiple [...]

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