Have seen the same thing repeatedly in radio over the last few years...

and with TV too (particularly the ITV merger).

Too much thought is given to the bottom line that has an adverse effect on quality of out-put. No more so is that more noticeable than with the media.

Management see technological advancement as a reason to reduce workforce, little unstanding that it still takes a workforce to ultimately produce your end product/newspaper/programme etc etc.

Posted By: Jim Nasium on February 8th 2006 at 12:23:55

Message Thread

Not a nice situation to have hanging over you... (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Feb 8, 12:04:49
- Its not like them to hide the truth ;-) (n/m) (General Chat) - Ben, Feb 8, 12:40:07
- Archant are scum (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Feb 8, 12:11:47
  - That's what my brother reckons too. He's at Archant. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 8, 12:12:39
    - They genuinely don't give a toss (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Feb 8, 12:13:28
      - That's the impression he gives too. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 8, 12:16:13
        
        Have seen the same thing repeatedly in radio over the last few years... (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Feb 8, 12:23:55
        
        And the worse the product gets (which it has) (General Chat) - duke of york, Feb 8, 12:29:06
        
        I quite like the EN. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 8, 12:31:04
        
        Yeah, it's OK (General Chat) - duke of york, Feb 8, 12:32:57
        
        Yeah, can see why you'd think that. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 8, 12:34:25
        
        Oh. I should also mention... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 8, 12:47:07
        
        DoY's husband's column? (General Chat) - Squiggles, Feb 8, 12:53:30
        
        Been rumours about that for years (General Chat) - duke of york, Feb 8, 12:22:22
        
        Thing about the salaries ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 8, 12:27:41
        
        Depends what part of Archant you're in (General Chat) - duke of york, Feb 8, 12:32:03
        
        Ad reps are on about ?14k a year! They only get free hampers etc if they meet ridiculous (General Chat) - Nigel Gurgingon, Feb 8, 12:40:14
        
        I used to work with an ad rep (General Chat) - duke of york, Feb 8, 12:41:43
        
        Had he been with them for a long while? Some of the seniors were on more? (n/m) (General Chat) - Nigel Gurgingon, Feb 8, 12:49:47
        
        Well, he's neither of the above, he's in the print works ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 8, 12:33:25
        
        The top writers get about ?23,000 - ?25,000 (General Chat) - duke of york, Feb 8, 12:35:51

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.