Comments on: Breaking: A.H. Belo to Cut 500 Jobs

By: ld

ld — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:25:14 +0000

Whenever I hear about the DMN’s troubles, I always think about the Cue Cat. It’s symbolic of the paper’s bad ideas and waste of money.

By: Studius Maximus

Studius Maximus — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:00:08 +0000

Obnoxius Cynicus:
My inept editorial was about being facetious and not to be taken seriously except for the last few sentences.I dislike working as hard as I do and then being told you won’t be rewarded for your hard work. Correct about the CEO’s. As long as they can make what they continue to make it’s all good…hey, how about a raise.

Mr. Obvious: I don’t understand your sentence if you’re supposed to be Mr. Obvious…get it?

By: Rene

Rene — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:20:01 +0000

I was looking at the small savings for taking away benefits (parking and matching funds) that help offset the poor salaries that many of the workers receive. They could cut top management salaries and save a great deal more than that. It’s not just the economy that has prompted Belo’s financial losses. It’s the ridiculously high computer systems and other unwise purchases that have been made that contributes to their losses.

By: Mr. Obvious

Mr. Obvious — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:02:33 +0000

Studius Maximus, you can’t possibly write for the DMN. Even they require proper grammar.

By: JL

JL — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:05:12 +0000

So take a poll on D Magazine.
Are Dallasites going to be pissed if (when) DMN outsources these jobs to India?
Yea or Nay?

By: publicnewssense

publicnewssense — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:17:46 +0000

Decherd and his sis are the ultramajority stockholders of the Class A variety. The board — hand-picked pals — is willingly powerless. There’s only one guy driving the motorcycle. His cousin, cute little helmet with flamboyant scarf billowing in the breeze, is riding along in the DMN sidecar. Quite a team. They park free.

By: Obnoxius Cynicus

Obnoxius Cynicus — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:25:09 +0000

Studius Maximus,

They’re not employees. They’re parking lot customers.

And Mr. Decherd is not under the gun from the board. The board is made up of CEOs of other companies. Why would they care about anything?

By: Peterk

Peterk — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:31:35 +0000

RIFed

the new term du jour from the HR folks is “resource action” RIF is so yesterday

By: Studius Maximus

Studius Maximus — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:04:57 +0000

Let’s get back on the topic: I know Mr. Robert Decherd is under the gun with the board and let’s face it…the economy is a lot to blame. And we must take some of that responsibility ourselves. Our leaders overall want our loyalty but they have NONE for the employees. After all is said and done, there WILL be very dedicated employees looking for other opportunities immediately. Who wants to wait around and get the axe. We have families to feed Mr. Decherd. We don’t make $10,000,000 like you do. We are the hard working employees that come to work everyday, doing our level best, otherwise we wouldn’t have been hired in the first place. The greed has to stop somewhere along the line. You could be the first CEO to step out and say…let’s weather this storm together and go back to your easy $250k p/yr and let the employees do the work we were hired to do. If you did that…your employees would feel a little easier about taking the hits you are laying out for them and their families. Don’t make it harder…

By: monkey business

monkey business — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:12:03 +0000

Eric: Are you giggling like a monkey?