Telling It Like It Is
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If things were going great (elections, Super Bowls, Y2K, etc.), there was food. If things were going lousy (9/11, exploding Shuttles, elections, etc.), there was food. This was the first election since I was old enough to vote that I didn’t spend the night at the newspaper working. I was somewhat sad until I read that the Raleigh News and Observer was limiting their staff to two slices of pizza on election night. The executive editor eventually rescinded the two-slice maximum but the psycological damage and message is clear: when pizza is rationed, you job isn’t safe. Starting January 1, 2009, Tribune’s Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel will be printing Cox’s Palm Beach Post. Also as of January 1, approximately 300 employess from the Post’s production department will be out of work. No word as to what that means for the Post’s printing press, other production equipment or the building in which all that stuff lives. One of our members writes:
For those looking for insurance other than COWBRA, we have heard that there are several much cheaper options: Sam’s Club and Costco, for instance, offer insurance. For those who don’t want to really “work” yet — or don’t want to stay in journalism, Starbuck’s used to offer benefits even to part-time employees. Yes, they’re closing stores, too, but we thought they were worth a mention. Whole Foods Market pays 100 percent of their workers’ health care, by the way. If you haven’t read it this week, it’s all about us…. Start here to read from Monday on: www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20080915 |
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