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    AP Layoffs: Final Thoughts

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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/20/09

    In reply to AP Layoffs: Final Thoughts
    "Probably the most striking thing about these layoffs was the high number of victims who were 10, 20, or 30-year-plus veterans of the AP."

    Of course they went for the olds. Old=expensive. Never mind the experience, skill, institutional knowledge, value, etc
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    Image of Sergio Hernandez Sergio Hernandez
    11/20/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: This.

    And I actually personally know two people, both 20-something college grads, who just interviewed for the AP's summer internship, too.

    That they laid off so many veterans is no surprise. It's an easy way to hire more "employees" for less money and obligation. You don't get health benefits or severance pay when you're just a longtime "intern," after all.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/20/09

    @Sergio Hernandez: Huge expansions with "freelancers' is what the entire news business did in the -80s and the internet wasn't even invented yet. It was so blatantly and egregiously an effort to avoid paying fair wages and offering decent benefits that the Labor Dept busted a lot of them for it.

    #tips
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/20/09

    @Sergio Hernandez: Huge expansions with "freelancers' is what the entire news business did in the -80s and the internet wasn't even invented yet. It was so blatantly and egregiously an effort to avoid paying fair wages and offering decent benefits that the Labor Dept busted a lot of them for it.

    #newspapers #greed #unionbusting #destroyingjobs
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    I like how Mr. Joegriner is considering taking a night job stocking shelves, so people wouldn't see him, but he'll do an interview with the WSJ. #funemployment
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    Image of OrneryBabe OrneryBabe
    11/10/09

    @Magister: Funny how people really don't think these things through, isn't it? #funemployment
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    Is this even a thing that is happening? I doubt it. #funemployment
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    Image of Valerie Flame Valerie Flame
    11/10/09

    @cassandra: Why would you doubt it? People who were laid off were given severance. That severance is running out and people are starting to come to grips with real life. They probably expected to be back at work already. It's not really a stretch. #funemployment
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    11/10/09

    @Valerie Flame: I doubt it because in the same newspaper there was a story yesterday about increasing frugality. [online.wsj.com]

    So which is it? Frugality? Overspending? Frugality? Overspending? Both? Neither? Whichever trend sells more papers? #funemployment
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    Image of Valerie Flame Valerie Flame
    11/10/09

    @cassandra: Leaving aside the idea that - gasp - portions of the population might not all move in lockstep (CIP, the shorts will get rich in a crash), the point of Pilon's story is that there are SOME people who were able to continue living as they always did on severance - until that severance runs out. Not saying that they're going all out (by their standards) or that everyone is overspending (by our standards.) #funemployment
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    11/11/09

    @Valerie Flame: The point seems to be that you can find at least five people, anywhere, doing something stupid and then call it a trend. #funemployment
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    I think I want to live in that picture. It looks like oodles of gay. #funemployment
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    11/10/09

    @BettyCrocker: You're the guy in the middle with his chin raised. #funemployment
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/10/09

    @scroll_lock: I am. Staring at a glitter-covered balloon. #funemployment
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    11/10/09

    @BettyCrocker: The blonde guy to your left in the striped tie is winking at you. #funemployment
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/10/09

    @scroll_lock: Yes, and grabbing my ass. #funemployment
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    11/10/09

    @BettyCrocker: And he's not wearing pants. The good thing is, neither were you. #funemployment
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/10/09

    @scroll_lock: Hence my faraway gaze. #funemployment
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    11/10/09

    @BettyCrocker: He's so smitten he may just whisk you away to a life of wealth and ease in Virginia Beach! #funemployment
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/10/09

    @scroll_lock: AIEEEEE! #funemployment
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    11/10/09

    @BettyCrocker: Of course, it's just a Navy town full of young sailors just back from months at sea and prowling the boardwalk looking for action. Frankly, what's the attraction there? #funemployment
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/10/09

    @scroll_lock: Well, when you put it THAT way... #funemployment
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    Image of agrodolce agrodolce
    11/10/09

    @BettyCrocker: as Patti Smith sang: "can't you see the glitter, the glitter in their eyes?" then the little robots sing in unison: "Every night before I rest my head
    See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed.
    I know they're stolen, but I don't feel bad.
    I take that money, buy you things you never had.

    Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me,
    Oh, baby, to buy you all the things you need for free.
    I'll buy you a jet plane, baby,
    Get you on a higher plane to a jet stream
    And take you through the stratosphere
    And check out the planets there and then take you down
    Deep where it's hot, hot in Arabia, babia, then cool, cold fields of snow
    And we'll roll, dream, roll, dream, roll, roll, dream, dream.
    When we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it,
    We'll dream it, dream it for free, free money,
    Free money, free money, free money, free money, free money, free money. " #funemployment
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/10/09

    @agrodolce: Hot in Arabia, babia is great! #funemployment
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    Image of Charlotte Rae's Web Charlotte Rae's Web
    11/10/09

    @BettyCrocker: 4 guys, 2 girls... either way, you've got at least one gay couple and as many as three. #funemployment
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/10/09

    @Charlotte Rae's Web: Both gals are pretty. They can be my shopping buddies. #funemployment
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    Image of Charlotte Rae's Web Charlotte Rae's Web
    11/10/09

    @BettyCrocker: They both love to laugh plus one has a drink and the other has a camera. +4 #funemployment
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/10/09

    @Charlotte Rae's Web: Absolutely! And! Shiny glossy hair = gals with product they will share. #funemployment
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    Since when was Virginia Beach considered tony? Everyone I know from VA speaks of it the way you speak of burned out Detroit - at your own risk. I even got food poisoning from one of the many all-you-can-eat seafood buffets on my last visit and was too scared to visit their hospital. #funemployment
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    Image of merc6point9 merc6point9
    11/10/09

    @hamburgerhotdog: It's not that bad...but it's also not that great. The beaches are covered in seaweed, which ain't tony. #funemployment
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    11/10/09

    @merc6point9: It was fine when I was there but it's certainly no Hamptons. #funemployment
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/10/09

    @hamburgerhotdog: I thought it was the Jersey Shore, but south #funemployment
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    Americans living beyond their means and suffering the consequences? Shocking. #funemployment
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    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    What is this "steak" you speak of? #funemployment
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    Love how the WSJ keeps out high-earning execs out of their story to avoid fanning the populist flames against the $2m/year execs who'll be continuing to tauntingly wave at the proles on the way to play golf.
    Instead, they focus on middle/upper-middle class execs, making it seem like the Severance Class is almost like Joe Sixpack. #funemployment
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    11/10/09

    @Trai_Dep: STRONGLY AGREE. #funemployment
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    11/10/09

    @Trai_Dep: BREAKING: Bourgeoisie acts in ways that affirm their standing as members of the bourgeoisie. Scandalous behavior such as Starbucks coffee and networking to ensue, and also continuance of a child's education. News at 11. #funemployment
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    Off topic housekeeping question: on commenter profile pages, I see the total numbers of friends and followers shows a wrong number, yet all the friends/followers are still listed. Weird. #funemployment
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    Image of narnio narnio
    11/10/09

    @scroll_lock: if i could remove your star, i would. #funemployment
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    11/10/09

    @narnio: Thanks! #funemployment
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    We're in a real pickle, Dick. #funemployment
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    Can you buy cases of $36-a-bottle wine with food stamps? I hope the Journal does a follow up. #funemployment
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    What are these mythically long severance packages to which you refer? People I know are lucky to get 2 months severance. Nicer than nothing, but not enough to maintain your lifestyle through a recession-length job search. #funemployment
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    11/10/09

    @Lymed: "Overall, companies have been eliminating or trimming severance packages. For those who do receive severance, the median pay allotted is 12.5 weeks' salary, down from 21.8 weeks a decade ago, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. #funemployment
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/10/09

    @Lymed:
    Only for "important" people. Not little people like us.

    Most of my coworkers got nothing when they were pitched out the door. #funemployment
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/10/09

    @Lymed: Standard issue with my friends has been 2 or 2 1/2 weeks salary for every year with the company. #funemployment
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    Image of inshallah123 inshallah123
    11/10/09

    @misslinda: I know quite a few folks from hedge fund-y places who got 4.5 months. Fuck them. #funemployment
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/10/09

    @inshallah123: I don't have any friends from hedge fund-y places, and I wear that as a badge of honor. #funemployment
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    Image of formergr formergr
    11/10/09

    @Lymed: I have some friends who worked at banks and other higher-profile jobs who got year-long (even 1.5 year in one case) severance packages. #funemployment
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    Image of Penscribe Penscribe
    11/10/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: In this depression --yep, I'm calling it that-- 3 to 4 months is nothing. #funemployment
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    Image of inshallah123 inshallah123
    11/10/09

    @misslinda: I didn't use the word friends for a reason! #funemployment
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/10/09

    @inshallah123: Good point. Fuck them and their severance pay that's probably more than my annual salary. #funemployment
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    Image of Penscribe Penscribe
    11/10/09

    In reply to Funemployment: Just About Over
    Are we celebrating funpoverty, which is what follows funemployment?

    A lot of us are headed there. #funemployment
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    11/10/09

    @Penscribe: funemployment quickly turns into, fin. employment. #funemployment
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/21/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's Big Bad Gamble
    Yup. It's like what affected network radio in the 1950s when TV came along. It was just cyclical. No worries. And now if you will excuse me, I have to go listen to The Shadow and The Lone Ranger. #condenast
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    Image of thatsrealbutter thatsrealbutter
    10/21/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's Big Bad Gamble
    This is like when my mom says global warming is cyclical. I can almost hear her digging a head sized hole in the sand #condenast
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