Completely unofficial, even highly speculative, head count numbers remained in the low 20s as the deadline passed. The final day,Mr. Sunbeam heard of three people who withdrew their names and only one who put in. Anxiety levels were clearly raised by the departmental meetings, but whether that resulted in any mass movement toward taking buyouts remains doubtful.
At the meetings, the managing editor's charts showed reductions of 10 editor positions in Local News, eight editor and reporting positions in Sports, one editor and one reporting position in Business News, four editing and one tech positions in photo and 10 mostly editing positions in arts and lifestyles. That's a total of 35 positions, not including News Art and the Universal/News Desks.
Bottom line: Don't be surprised if any layoffs that occur are larger than any of us expected.
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I hear that HR has taken the names of those who opted-in for a buyout and is sharing those with the Council of Elders. We may know more by the end of Thursday or early Friday
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