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This is the company portrait of the newspaper where Maria worked until last September. It was taken on Nov. 16, 2006. That's 14 months ago yesterday. More than two-thirds of these people are now gone.
As of yesterday (I haven't checked today), 18 of the 26 employees pictured here are gone. (I'm not counting the publisher, who is the guy in the gray shirt in the front row, flanked by guys with green and red Xs.) Twelve (the green Xs) have quit and six (red Xs) were fired or forced to resign.
There have been at least seven other departures involving people who were absent the day of the photo or who came aboard after this photo was taken.
Here's another way to look at it:
Draw your own conclusions. I'm just reporting the facts.
3 comments:
Didn't know about Jennifer or Skip. I hope to God they found someone to wrangle those positions or they're going to be in a world of hurt. I'd love to hear about Skip's last day (words).
Much turmoil recently. Mike Boots and Melinda Williams defected to The Paper (http://www.thepaper24-7.com/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=13978&TM=44676.19). My guess is that Skip had advance knowledge of one of both defections and didn't tell upper management. Jennifer got on her cell phone and had a new, better-paying job lined up before she got home from being fired.
Ask Morgan to send me your e-mail address.
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