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Caution! Falling benefits ahead.

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Gannett Freezes Employee Pensions, Ups 401(k)
So yeah…there’s a lot of negative talk out there about the newspaper industry. And yeah…everytime I get an email from the CEO I cringe because it’s usually bad news. But I believe…I really believe…that the pendulum will start to swing back in the other direction, we’ll all find [...]

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Bullet dodged. (For now.)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Gannett cuts 55 positions in N.J.
The C-P wasn’t affected. I live to code another day.
I’m not very concerned. I’m rolling out a biggie project at work, so I have job security ’til at least next Thursday.

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Stimulate THIS!!!

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

(I spent far too much time fuming about this.)

I was sort of counting on the money this month, but it was no life or death situation. I’d have liked for TurboTax to email me before May 16th, since they knew about this since February. And once I finished filing and got my refund, why would [...]

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A lovely way to end the workweek

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Since this is public, I may as well comment on it…
Gannett offers voluntary buyouts to select N.J. employees
Gannett’s New Jersey newspapers offer buyouts
They’re offering buyouts to employees 55 and over who have been with the company for 15 or more years. Obviously, I’m not eligible, but it’s scary and sad nonetheless because now I keep [...]

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