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>Thinking more about it, that's correct that they won't >save that much money if even half the workforce takes >the furlough. When you compare it to the $20 million a >year some say the company is losing. > >And to everyone who sounds the bell for the *real* >journalists to get out and save themselves, there >aren't other jobs to go to right now. Even if I wanted >to be a flack. (Which, I admit, is a step up from >where I am now.) Don't tell me to honor my ethics and >go to CoGos; I'd make more on unemployment if I stick >it out. > >And unionize??? Oh, please. I could kiss my job >goodbye, and if the Trib did survive unionization, it >would only be because of some confidential clause that >says we still all answer to The Man. > >I really hope that all the PG people who bash the Trib >realize the situation we are in. If you've been a >journalist for dozens of years, have a growing family, >walked into this mess unknowingly and/or are watching >your coworkers drop like flies around you, it's >terrifying. It feels like there is no way out. It's a >job at this point, but we try our best to get through >it, put on the blinders and plow through. It's rough >as hell to get out of bed and go to work every day. >Most days are OK, integrity intact. Other days, you >know that *edit suggestion* came from up high. > >I have been holding my breath, but this furlough might >motivate me to move on. > >Maybe THAT is their hope.

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