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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    05/04/09

    In reply to New York Times Newsroom Union Votes Today on Pay Cut
    Funny, Paul Krugman did a piece today in the very same paper about why pay-cuts just make things worse.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    05/04/09

    In reply to New York Times Newsroom Union Votes Today on Pay Cut
    how much of a pay cut is management taking?
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    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    05/04/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: Salaries for non-union employees were already cut 5%.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    05/04/09

    @Gabriel Snyder: that's something
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    Image of friend_of_a_friend friend_of_a_friend
    04/02/09

    In reply to New York Times Union: Fire 'Superfluous Managers' Before Docking Our Pay
    Let me get this straight. A union is advocating for the firing of "superfluous" employees and "exempts who
    hold few responsibilities"? These truly are the end times.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    04/02/09

    @friend_of_a_friend: Yes, and all unionized "superfluous employees" and unionized employees "who hold few responsibilities" would be protected! Yay, Norma Rae!
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    Image of SaraRueful SaraRueful
    04/02/09

    @MrInBetween: But the thing at the Times is that the people in the union are mostly reporters, copy editors and assistants -- the people who actually WORK. Once you've made "slot" (I'm assuming you know the rim/copy-editing reference) you are no longer in the union. (People have turned down "promotions" to slot because they didn't want to lose the union benefits.)


    So, yeah, all those hundreds of layers of semi- to middle-management (and beyond) often ARE superfluous, and many of them (personal observation as an ex-employee) are stupid.


    Of course, when I was working there and they got rid of the beloved cafeteria staff but named new "senior executive vice presidents" every other week, I coulda told them how to do better business. No one asked ...

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