Comments on: D Empire Shrinks By 19 Percent

By: chetan

chetan — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:14:59 +0000

People always hate to talk about when they are laid off. But as it has become every day’s news headline since Yahoo started it with cutting 1500 of its task force last year, now a need of platform has been in demand where people can express their selves in words how they are feeling about their company, whey the got laid off was that justified or not. And every thing they want to tell anonymously.

And http://www.layoffgossip.com is providing you that platform.

By: Obama

Obama — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:42:10 +0000

Hey Puddin’Tane, let us all know if Wick and Co. are over there having a glass of wine or dinner. I’m sure they need to throw some money around to relax now that the worst of it is over for them.

By: Puddin'Tane

Puddin'Tane — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:24:44 +0000

Marty: you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.

Going to Al’s after work…. but buying my own way.

By: Peterk

Peterk — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:24:08 +0000

“By issuing D mag employees a contract to ensure that once things are pretty again, salaries will reflect- is just silly”

not just silly but indicative of mind that is stuck in the world of unions. Businesses contract and expand all the time.

as was pointed out who determines what is normal.

now for something frightening check this out
http://www.change.gov/agenda/economy_agenda/

By: Marty Cortland

Marty Cortland — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:00:57 +0000

Dear Switzerland:

I’m shouldering more than my fair share of the burden already. Please stick your nose in someone else’s business.

Dear Daniel:

Have you stopped to consider the inescapable correlation between my departure from the magazine and the immediate and precipitous drop in advertising revenue? It was clearly not only the readers who were sad to see me go.

By: Uhhh

Uhhh — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:39:53 +0000

Jason-
By issuing D mag employees a contract to ensure that once things are pretty again, salaries will reflect- is just silly. When do you suggest this contract take effect? Who’s to say when the economy will be “normal”? What is “normal”? Promising terms that cannot be defined is part of the reason everyone is in this mess to begin with. All of us will continue to do our best at D because we believe in the company’s foundation and we have faith that things will get better. And when it does get better- we will be the ones who stuck through the hard times and I am proud of that.

By: Zac Crain

Zac Crain — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:33:27 +0000

@B (if you can see this): Clear your cache, then restart your browser.

By: Obama

Obama — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:29:13 +0000

^ Then how did you post that?

By: B

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:17:31 +0000

Why is frontburner/dmagazine.com down? It’s still showing “Hello World!”

By: Rawlins Gilliland

Rawlins Gilliland — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:03:35 +0000

A day later and I keep coming back to how truly sad and horrible this is for all concerned.

Look at Tim’s case, for instance. He not only had to cut jobs in a realm he loves and a world of personal and professional relationships. But more; he also undoubtedly sees his own salary cut. It doesn’t matter if you’re a family man or a swinging single…a cut in pay is more than a paper cut.

Add to that how investments and 401Ks and college accounts are on the skids. Margin calls are hardly marginal at this point.

What we have here is (on top of the obvious) is the rebuttal reality check to pundits who suggested that Dallas was immune to encroaching reality. Who dared boast about their moneyed moats were stocked with enough alligators to keep the panicked losers from storming Cafe Pacific. Welcome aboard the ship of fools. The good news is, one can get used to a cabin without a view in steerage. And yes, learn again to anticipate the view when another land mass comes into sight. I promise.