For those of you too new or addled to remember 2006, a blog was created to provide information to the staff regarding the company's buyout offer. The idea was to help supplement the information provided by the company and give some tips on how to decide whether the buyout was a good fit for each staff member individually. This will again be the aim of the blog.
For those who want to vent, this won't be the forum for you. In order to remain operational, the discourse on the blog needs to be kept on a professional level.
Mr. Sunbeam, your host, is not a spokesperson for or representative of anyone. He has no agenda other than to help out good people during a difficult time.
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That is all for now.
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Can anyone post some of the basic details? I tried to listen in on a meeting via conference call but got only elevator music and repeated notices that "the moderator has not yet arrived."
*How many are they looking to cut at the DMN?
*How many in the newsroom?
*What are they offering?
*Extended medical benefits?
*When is the deadline to make your decision?
*When would the buyouts take effect?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Like Jon, the teleconference call was a waste of time. All I really heard was that Buyout '08 would be less generous than Buyout '06 - which I didn't think humanly possible.
I've heard post-conference that the buyouts will be gone essentially by Sept. 11. If corporate doesn't get enough bodies, then layoffs will occur before then end of the year, probably November.
Those won't be generous either.
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