What Holden doesn't know is that 7 years ago Archant turned down the chance to

axe lots of jobs from their advertising / classifieds team by choosing the full range of software offered by my then employer.

Instead they went only for the basic front-end version as they didn't want to replace people with IT systems at the time.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on March 10th 2009 at 13:25:23

Message Thread

Please read this if you're interested (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:42:23
- Fuck'em...went for a job there once and did'nt get it.... So fuck off Archant!!! (General Chat) - Norfolk un Way, Mar 10, 13:14:51
  - Shut uip Rick (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Mar 10, 13:17:50
    - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:18:19
- I support the local rags etc but like any business if sales are down and they can't (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Mar 10, 12:55:26
  - And i think archant really did the club damage with the Cullum non story which caused (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Mar 10, 12:57:56
  - 54 jobs is nearly 30% (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:57:45
    - 450 have just lost jobs at the company I work for, where's their fucking campaign? (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Mar 10, 12:58:53
      - Don't know - why didn't they start one? (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:00:56
        
        What points did I miss? (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Mar 10, 13:08:39
        
        Why was it necessary for a Bryan Gunn for manager website campaign? (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:12:37
        
        And look where that fucking got us Bryan 'no wins' Gunn (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Mar 10, 13:22:02
        
        Coo Pea Are (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 10, 13:31:07
        
        oh fuck yeah (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Mar 10, 13:32:24
        
        "one win" (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 10, 13:29:53
        
        Yes I'm a goon (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Mar 10, 13:32:35
        
        well fuck off and suport arsenal then! you gooner! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 10, 13:33:27
        
        To be honest, Ms. Gunn didn't make herself too popular with that either. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:13:35
      - Cunt (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:59:56
        
        No, that's just you (n/m) (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:02:52
  - "keep me my job" basically. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:57:06
    - Who is saying they are more important? (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:58:51
      - You. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:59:43
        
        Where? (n/m) (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:03:01
      - Who the fuck are you Arthur Fucking Scargill (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Mar 10, 12:59:21
        
        Rumbled (n/m) (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:03:24
- tweeted it (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 10, 12:53:45
  - Twas always so Camcan, always so - (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 10, 13:01:08
    - but regional news does matter (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 10, 13:02:45
      - weren't the Beeb and ITV planning to go 'ultra local' with some of their news services? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 10, 13:06:57
        
        Would be a start. Our "local" news seems to be mainly about (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 10, 13:10:27
        
        disagree, there always seems to be plenty about Cambridge whe i watch it (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 10, 13:15:03
        
        Beeb dropped it because of commercial bods (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:09:22
        
        So it wasn't considered to be financially viable ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:11:51
        
        anglia already went...... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 10, 13:11:19
        
        I mean no more Anglia news - all central ITN (n/m) (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:13:24
        
        yep....its on the cards. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 10, 13:14:36
  - We all have busy lives cc and a minute in the digital age is a lifetime (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 10, 12:57:00
  - Checked the EN yesterday in the newsagent (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:54:36
    - i hope you bought it (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 10, 13:00:52
      - I bought them all (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:02:27
    - Maybe you should have, as a protest. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:57:49
    - as the actress said to the bishop (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 10, 12:55:09
- maybe... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 10, 12:50:44
  - The EN is urging the fans to back the team (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:53:34
    - I doubt it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:58:03
      - depends if doncaster agrees to continue to write a column. (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 10, 13:03:46
  - Yes, local journalists INSTRUCTING Doncaster about PR will make all the difference (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 10, 12:52:05
    - .... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 10, 12:55:59
- How can I know if I'm interested without reading it? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 10, 12:48:31
  - Just join the group man! (n/m) (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:52:43
    - Out-of-character, I am going to actually. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 10, 13:06:30
      - Which decent businessman would take it seriously though ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:10:27
    - I'm not joining any group which tells me what it "needs" me to do. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:55:07
      - I wasn't asking you (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:59:14
- Nobody cares about quality anymore. No-one takes time to read anything through, or to be (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:47:01
  - More ludicrous sweeping statements (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:52:31
    - OK, "very few people". They want fast food, fast news, headlines only. You're not the only (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:54:41
      - You're such a cunt (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:55:34
        
        I'm not the one starting a FB group. No sneer, just seriously got to (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:59:17
        
        I didn't start it either (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:02:02
        
        although.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 10, 13:07:36
        
        Did I ever say Archant was any different? (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:14:32
        
        i think you're surprised at peoples reaction on here....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 10, 13:16:34
        
        Start one for local jobs for local people while you're at it (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:16:15
        
        Hard to tell isn't it ? I once lost my job with 62 other people from a company of (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:05:49
- But are they not losing money cos circulation is down? Is that why they're doing it? (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 10, 12:46:18
  - Profits were ONLY ?22.2m last year (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:51:34
    - There are plenty of firms who make a loss and don't make job cuts (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 10, 13:10:45
      - new technology intut (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 10, 13:22:17
        
        What Holden doesn't know is that 7 years ago Archant turned down the chance to (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:25:23
      - depends on what investors are willing to invest innit! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 10, 13:12:25
  - Can't say I could ever have accused Archant of quality journalism. Ever. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:47:46
    - Ludicrous sweeping statement (n/m) (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:50:48
      - No. I really can't think of anything. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 12:56:07
        
        What a twat (n/m) (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 12:59:39
        
        We've all been telling him that for years... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 10, 13:04:51
        
        I never argued! I look forward to seeing a link to the cutting edge journalism I have so (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:07:48
        
        You must have read an incredible amount of local journalism... (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Mar 10, 13:16:16
        
        No but I have read the EDP and Evening News (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:19:27
        
        ...but I was unaware that the target audience were extremely experienced local (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:21:26
        
        *and a (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 10, 13:19:46

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