tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post6806643085133586980..comments2024-03-28T11:10:39.098-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: GateHouse Media awards $1 million plus in bonuses: They're the right guys to right sizeRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-45781589595796504712012-09-20T07:16:37.773-07:002012-09-20T07:16:37.773-07:00I work for a Gatehouse-owned paper in a small town...I work for a Gatehouse-owned paper in a small town in Illinois. They just laid off our publisher, the head of ad sales and our news clerk. For the first time since 1869, there is only one full-time reporter at our small Monday-Friday publication. I used to be proud of my work and now we are so short-staffed I'm embarrassed to be a staff writer here. I can't imagine our paper, the only oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-71902095895143708182012-03-09T10:20:00.050-08:002012-03-09T10:20:00.050-08:00Not to mention it's been over 5 years for any ...Not to mention it's been over 5 years for any pay raises for "the peons" of Gatehouse thanks to these execs and their know-how on running companies to the ground while their pay continues to increase annually. These execs should really be paying back the employees whose lives they've destroyed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-30438833910351317492011-06-21T06:34:30.582-07:002011-06-21T06:34:30.582-07:00GayHouse is a joke. I am another piece of their do...GayHouse is a joke. I am another piece of their downsizing. I will say that my supervisor was a piece of crap that should go out the door also. His day will come, I hope. Along with the other puppets that work with him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-49423008135858638012011-05-20T08:11:24.857-07:002011-05-20T08:11:24.857-07:00I too am a former manager at Gatehouse Media and g...I too am a former manager at Gatehouse Media and got out of dodge on my own terms 2 years ago before they could "rightsize" me. I was fortunate. The company cares very little for its employees. The people in charge when I was there were grossly incompetent. Most of their "rightsizing" involved letting go of experienced managers and replacing them with employees from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-70350418538810634752011-05-13T12:14:22.373-07:002011-05-13T12:14:22.373-07:00As a recently "rightsized" GH employee, ...As a recently "rightsized" GH employee, your blog post was spot on. Thanks for telling it like it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-72987360068971695152011-04-15T06:04:00.422-07:002011-04-15T06:04:00.422-07:00Here's my own comments on the GateHouse financ...Here's my own comments on the GateHouse financial mess: http://pulaskicountyweb.com/smf/index.php?topic=26199.new<br /><br />Key excerpts:<br /><br />...Private companies can do what they want with their own money, and if the executives are performing well, they can and should be compensated well.<br /> <br />But what are the executives doing at GateHouse Media?<br /> <br />In addition to Darrell Todd Maurinahttp://www.pulaskicountydaily.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-80791573821706599512011-04-07T17:54:33.368-07:002011-04-07T17:54:33.368-07:00I was in a management position with this company. ...I was in a management position with this company. When they wanted to restructure somebody out of a job, they start "squeezing" on them by being total jerks to them. The employee was set up to fail, and they were placed in impossible performance scenarios. All this to avoid a couple weeks of separation pay. I would rate my supervisors as the worst of my entire work history! It was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-83789079294759819142011-04-06T08:52:38.131-07:002011-04-06T08:52:38.131-07:00EVERYTHING about the management of this company is...EVERYTHING about the management of this company is suspect. I worked for them for a few years in management and I am serious when I say there is something going on. Yes, the economy is down, yes there are problems common to all newspapers but there is GROSS negligence on the part of Reed and others. If I was an investor I would be getting some legal counsel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-76117865329293176922011-03-31T10:50:13.592-07:002011-03-31T10:50:13.592-07:00Isn't the Justice Department investigating com...Isn't the Justice Department investigating companies like Goldman Sachs for the bonuses that were paid. Gatehouse didn't receive bailout money, but it is still a public company. Maybe the Justice Department should get this company on their radar, and take a look at the bonuses. I know that if I owned stock in the company that I would not be very happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-31085463097714467642011-03-31T10:45:19.499-07:002011-03-31T10:45:19.499-07:00My only question is this? Where's the money g...My only question is this? Where's the money going to come from to pay these huge severance bonuses when the company dies. Do they have it escrowed? Might be a good idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-73336391537136331482011-03-31T10:41:55.956-07:002011-03-31T10:41:55.956-07:00This company owes over $1 billion in long term deb...This company owes over $1 billion in long term debt due in 2014. If you closely examine their performance and track record, there is no possible way they can meet their obligations. They cannot hope to meet the obligations, even if they negotiate the debt down to 10 cents on the dollar. It will take that, and a long extension, to keep this company alive on life support. Nationally, newspaper Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-69830461474365225352011-03-30T17:07:52.415-07:002011-03-30T17:07:52.415-07:00I wish my health insurance benefits would have con...I wish my health insurance benefits would have continued after I was rightsized by Gatehouse. I wish I was still receiving my unemployment benefits. Heck, I wish I still had the career back I spent 20 years building before it was rightsized away by Gatehouse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-40780057127320957622011-03-29T12:40:10.493-07:002011-03-29T12:40:10.493-07:00WhoreHouse Media has every right to pay the bigwig...WhoreHouse Media has every right to pay the bigwigs a fat bonus from their overpriced advertising revenues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com