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>Logic never really applies to management. It's not >worth speculating. > >You could be a team player if you take the furlough. >You could be pointed at as expendable if you take the >furlough. You're damned either way. They won't be >saving much money through the furloughs. They could >save more money by being a little less "Total Media". > >They spend a lot of money on sponsorships around the >city. When I see the Trib rotunda at PNC Park, I think >of how many salaries were spent on the sponsorship. >Sad. > >I truly hope layoffs are not imminent at the Trib or >the P-G. Any writing job lost in this city is a job >that won't be coming back elsewhere, at least in any >form that comes with a steady paycheck. > >Thank you for pointing out that there aren't any jobs >to go around right now. There aren't. The grass isn't >much greener outside of the Trib. For all the folks >here that cry, "Leave the Trib!", do you have a job >ready and waiting for an unemployed journalist? > >The Trib can be a demoralizing place to work. Does the >'perfect' job really exist anymore, though? The pay >isn't fantastic. It is a paycheck, though. Benefits >still exist, too. You get through as best you can. I >can think of plenty of non-writing jobs that are worse >than working at the Trib. > > >>Thinking more about it, that's correct that they won't >>save that much money if even half the workforce takes >>the furlough. When you compare it to the $20 million a >>year some say the company is losing. >> >>And to everyone who sounds the bell for the *real* >>journalists to get out and save themselves, there >>aren't other jobs to go to right now. Even if I wanted >>to be a flack. (Which, I admit, is a step up from >>where I am now.) Don't tell me to honor my ethics and >>go to CoGos; I'd make more on unemployment if I stick >>it out. >> >>And unionize??? Oh, please. I could kiss my job >>goodbye, and if the Trib did survive unionization, it >>would only be because of some confidential clause that >>says we still all answer to The Man. >> >>I really hope that all the PG people who bash the Trib >>realize the situation we are in. If you've been a >>journalist for dozens of years, have a growing family, >>walked into this mess unknowingly and/or are watching >>your coworkers drop like flies around you, it's >>terrifying. It feels like there is no way out. It's a >>job at this point, but we try our best to get through >>it, put on the blinders and plow through. It's rough >>as hell to get out of bed and go to work every day. >>Most days are OK, integrity intact. Other days, you >>know that *edit suggestion* came from up high. >> >>I have been holding my breath, but this furlough might >>motivate me to move on. >> >>Maybe THAT is their hope.

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