I got a pink slip

mrskippy · 05-01-2003, 03:08 PM

What a sucky day. I walk into work, get called into my bosses office and get handed a layoff notice. No warning that there was any problems or anything. And this at a newspaper that was already cut to the bone.

Anyway I'm on the unemployment line. So if you know anyone that needs a reporter, a PR guy, or any other communication related worker ... give me a holler.

Skippy

Franklinnoble · 05-01-2003, 03:09 PM

Damn... that sucks, dude. Sorry to hear that...

monster.com, baby... I've found every job I've ever had there.

Daimyo · 05-01-2003, 03:10 PM

Sorry to hear that. Good luck with the search.

KWhit · 05-01-2003, 03:14 PM

Good luck. I just got laid off about 2 weeks ago. It sucks big time.

Vince · 05-01-2003, 03:18 PM

Sorry to hear that Skippy...good luck. My dad just yesterday found a job after being out of work for 3 weeks...rough times.

CamEdwards · 05-01-2003, 03:18 PM

ouch. sorry to hear it man. I'll keep my eyes out, but I'm assuming you want to stay in CA?

mrskippy · 05-01-2003, 03:19 PM

Cam ... I'd probably go anywhere, if I found the right job.

Bee · 05-01-2003, 03:21 PM

sorry to hear about it Skippy. Hopefully it leads to something better for you in the end.

Craptacular · 05-01-2003, 03:26 PM

Good luck. We could always use some more, uhh, conservative members of the media in Madison.

Ben E Lou · 05-01-2003, 03:28 PM

Bummer.

tucker342 · 05-01-2003, 03:28 PM

that sucks

good luck finding a new job

SplitPersonality1 · 05-01-2003, 03:30 PM

I can see if there is anything available in the Milwaukee area. I know a few people that could sniff around here for you.

Good luck

Buzzbee · 05-01-2003, 03:34 PM

I'm very sorry to hear it. I wish you the best of luck in finding something soon. And I sincerely hope you find something that you truly enjoy doing.

Franklinnoble · 05-01-2003, 03:40 PM

What part of CA are you in?

mrskippy · 05-01-2003, 03:44 PM

Manteca

sachmo71 · 05-01-2003, 03:47 PM

Sorry to hear that, skippy.

JPhillips · 05-01-2003, 03:48 PM

Good luck. Maybe we should establish a layed off forum for those of us that have gone through it in the past year.

MizzouRah · 05-01-2003, 04:01 PM

Sorry to hear that as well. Being an IT person, it sucks going up to someone's desk and taking their pc as they are leaving.

Hopefully, something will turn up for you.

Todd

Fidatelo · 05-01-2003, 04:49 PM

Good luck. I might be 70 days away from the same fate, I'm not looking forward to it

Fritz · 05-01-2003, 04:52 PM

sorry to hear that mrskippy. just remember that change always has the potential to be for the better.

detroit_fan · 05-01-2003, 04:56 PM

Try to enjoy the time off, I'm sure you'll find something sooner than you think.

Franklinnoble · 05-01-2003, 05:08 PM

Did they give you some severence pay?

I have no idea where Manteca is... I moved to Placerville about a year ago, and am still a novice to California geography.

mrskippy · 05-01-2003, 05:14 PM

Franklinnoble ...

Manteca is near Stockton, about an hour south of Sacramento. I'm about 90 minutes or so from Hangtown (Placerville).

And yeah, surpisingly, I did get some severence pay.

Swaggs · 05-01-2003, 05:31 PM

Sorry to hear that.

clintl · 05-01-2003, 05:49 PM

Sorry to hear this - good luck with the job search.

ice4277 · 05-01-2003, 06:25 PM

That sucks man, I know how you feel, I am getting laid off from one of my jobs tomorrow as well

I also am in a communications field, radio, and its tough as hell to even get a sniff right now. Good luck man.

Fritz · 05-01-2003, 06:37 PM

at first I thought "Mrs Kippy" was going to admit he was a transvestite.

bbor · 05-01-2003, 09:59 PM

Good luck Skip

mrskippy · 05-01-2003, 10:38 PM

Hey the AP picked up the story ... 49 cut, including 13 (hmmmm) reporters it seems.

ANG Newspapers lays off 49 employees
Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. -ANG Newspapers laid off 7 percent of its work force on Thursday, citing a stagnant economy.

"It has become clear through our strategic planning process that we will need to contract slightly before we can grow again," Beverly Jackson, president and publisher, said in an April 30 letter to employees. "The first step of that process will occur May 1, when ANG's work force will be reduced by 7 percent."

In an interview Thursday, Jackson said 49 employees from the six community newspapers ANG owns in the San Francisco Bay area were laid off. They came from every division within the company, including advertising, circulation and editorial, she said.

"Just as our advertisers and customers are suffering the consequences of a slow economy, we have to paticipate and share in that," Jackson said.

Sean Holstege, a reporter at the Oakland Tribune and vice president of the Northern California Media Workers Union Local 39521, said he received a list of 13 guild-covered editorial employees who lost their jobs. The guild represents about 180 staffers at the six ANG-owned newspapers, which besides the Tribune, include the San Mateo County Times and The Argus, which serves Fremont.

"It was totally out of the blue," Holstege said. "I was given notice at 10 o'clock this morning. They came in and their e-mail and phones didn't work."

Holstege said it didn't appear the cuts were based on seniority or performance.

"ANG has been consolidating for quite some time already," he said. "All year we've been seeing people leaving and they're replacing fewer than those who left. They've reached the bottom of that barrel ... They had to go to layoffs."

Jackson, who only took over as publisher five weeks ago after serving as vice-president of the Dow Jones Co.'s community newspaper group in New York, said that between the layoffs and not filling vacant positions, she intends to "reshape" ANG's workforce by about 10 percent.

"The company has grown a lot, and my job is to look at all our holdings in Northern California and come up with a new working model that is not only responsive to the community, but meets a responsible return on investment," she said

ANG Newspapers owns the Oakland Tribune, the Alameda Times-Star, the Tri-Valley Herald, The Daily Review, The Argus and the San Mateo County Times. The papers have a combined circulation of about 227,000.

Chief Rum · 05-02-2003, 02:01 AM

Ouch, sorry to hear that, skippy. Looks like the same thing happened to you that happened to me at the Times two years ago.

You probably already know this, but just in case you don't, check out the cnpa.com web site (the California Newspaper Publishers Association). They have a classified jobs listing page for jobs in the "industry" if you want to stay relatively local and in the paper biz. It's updated every two weeks or so with new editions, and is constantly updated with individual job listing additions.

Chief Rum

05-01-2003, 03:18 PM	#5
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Sorry to hear that Skippy...good luck. My dad just yesterday found a job after being out of work for 3 weeks...rough times. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

05-01-2003, 03:18 PM	#6
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	ouch. sorry to hear it man. I'll keep my eyes out, but I'm assuming you want to stay in CA? __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

05-01-2003, 03:28 PM	#10
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Bummer. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

05-01-2003, 03:34 PM	#13
Buzzbee College Starter Join Date: Jun 2002	I'm very sorry to hear it. I wish you the best of luck in finding something soon. And I sincerely hope you find something that you truly enjoy doing. __________________ Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. - Lou Holtz

05-01-2003, 03:48 PM	#17
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Good luck. Maybe we should establish a layed off forum for those of us that have gone through it in the past year. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

05-01-2003, 03:09 PM	#2
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Damn... that sucks, dude. Sorry to hear that... monster.com, baby... I've found every job I've ever had there.

05-01-2003, 03:10 PM	#3
Daimyo College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkeley	Sorry to hear that. Good luck with the search.

05-01-2003, 03:14 PM	#4
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Good luck. I just got laid off about 2 weeks ago. It sucks big time.

05-01-2003, 03:19 PM	#7
mrskippy Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: California	Cam ... I'd probably go anywhere, if I found the right job.

05-01-2003, 03:21 PM	#8
Bee Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA	sorry to hear about it Skippy. Hopefully it leads to something better for you in the end.

05-01-2003, 03:26 PM	#9
Craptacular College Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Mad City, WI	Good luck. We could always use some more, uhh, conservative members of the media in Madison.

05-01-2003, 03:28 PM	#11
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	that sucks good luck finding a new job

05-01-2003, 03:30 PM	#12
SplitPersonality1 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Grafton, WI	I can see if there is anything available in the Milwaukee area. I know a few people that could sniff around here for you. Good luck

05-01-2003, 03:40 PM	#14
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	What part of CA are you in?

05-01-2003, 03:44 PM	#15
mrskippy Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: California	Manteca

05-01-2003, 03:47 PM	#16
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	Sorry to hear that, skippy.

05-01-2003, 04:01 PM	#18
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Sorry to hear that as well. Being an IT person, it sucks going up to someone's desk and taking their pc as they are leaving. Hopefully, something will turn up for you. Todd

05-01-2003, 04:49 PM	#19
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	Good luck. I might be 70 days away from the same fate, I'm not looking forward to it __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

05-01-2003, 04:52 PM	#20
Fritz Lethargic Hooligan Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing	sorry to hear that mrskippy. just remember that change always has the potential to be for the better. __________________ donkey, donkey, walk a little faster

05-01-2003, 04:56 PM	#21
detroit_fan H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fayetteville, AR	Try to enjoy the time off, I'm sure you'll find something sooner than you think. __________________ heck is where people who don't believe in gosh go.

05-01-2003, 05:08 PM	#22
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Did they give you some severence pay? I have no idea where Manteca is... I moved to Placerville about a year ago, and am still a novice to California geography.

05-01-2003, 05:14 PM	#23
mrskippy Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: California	Franklinnoble ... Manteca is near Stockton, about an hour south of Sacramento. I'm about 90 minutes or so from Hangtown (Placerville). And yeah, surpisingly, I did get some severence pay.

05-01-2003, 05:31 PM	#24
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Sorry to hear that. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

05-01-2003, 05:49 PM	#25
clintl College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Davis, CA	Sorry to hear this - good luck with the job search.

05-01-2003, 06:25 PM	#26
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	That sucks man, I know how you feel, I am getting laid off from one of my jobs tomorrow as well I also am in a communications field, radio, and its tough as hell to even get a sniff right now. Good luck man.

05-01-2003, 06:37 PM	#27
Fritz Lethargic Hooligan Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing	at first I thought "Mrs Kippy" was going to admit he was a transvestite. __________________ donkey, donkey, walk a little faster

05-01-2003, 09:59 PM	#28
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Good luck Skip __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

05-01-2003, 10:38 PM	#29
mrskippy Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: California	Hey the AP picked up the story ... 49 cut, including 13 (hmmmm) reporters it seems. ANG Newspapers lays off 49 employees Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. -ANG Newspapers laid off 7 percent of its work force on Thursday, citing a stagnant economy. "It has become clear through our strategic planning process that we will need to contract slightly before we can grow again," Beverly Jackson, president and publisher, said in an April 30 letter to employees. "The first step of that process will occur May 1, when ANG's work force will be reduced by 7 percent." In an interview Thursday, Jackson said 49 employees from the six community newspapers ANG owns in the San Francisco Bay area were laid off. They came from every division within the company, including advertising, circulation and editorial, she said. "Just as our advertisers and customers are suffering the consequences of a slow economy, we have to paticipate and share in that," Jackson said. Sean Holstege, a reporter at the Oakland Tribune and vice president of the Northern California Media Workers Union Local 39521, said he received a list of 13 guild-covered editorial employees who lost their jobs. The guild represents about 180 staffers at the six ANG-owned newspapers, which besides the Tribune, include the San Mateo County Times and The Argus, which serves Fremont. "It was totally out of the blue," Holstege said. "I was given notice at 10 o'clock this morning. They came in and their e-mail and phones didn't work." Holstege said it didn't appear the cuts were based on seniority or performance. "ANG has been consolidating for quite some time already," he said. "All year we've been seeing people leaving and they're replacing fewer than those who left. They've reached the bottom of that barrel ... They had to go to layoffs." Jackson, who only took over as publisher five weeks ago after serving as vice-president of the Dow Jones Co.'s community newspaper group in New York, said that between the layoffs and not filling vacant positions, she intends to "reshape" ANG's workforce by about 10 percent. "The company has grown a lot, and my job is to look at all our holdings in Northern California and come up with a new working model that is not only responsive to the community, but meets a responsible return on investment," she said ANG Newspapers owns the Oakland Tribune, the Alameda Times-Star, the Tri-Valley Herald, The Daily Review, The Argus and the San Mateo County Times. The papers have a combined circulation of about 227,000.

05-02-2003, 02:01 AM	#30
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	Ouch, sorry to hear that, skippy. Looks like the same thing happened to you that happened to me at the Times two years ago. You probably already know this, but just in case you don't, check out the cnpa.com web site (the California Newspaper Publishers Association). They have a classified jobs listing page for jobs in the "industry" if you want to stay relatively local and in the paper biz. It's updated every two weeks or so with new editions, and is constantly updated with individual job listing additions. Chief Rum __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

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