Dexter Axle Co., an Indiana manufacturer, to lay off 164
US Steel to lay off 3,500
87 deputies in Cincinnati get the pink slip
ATCO Structures lays off 400 in Calgary
160 Oshawa auto workers lose their jobs
Elektrobit to lay off 170 worldwide
December 2, 2008
Today in Layoff Land
December 2, 2008
Newspapers Outsource, Look for Free Labor
Two awesome job postings from Los Angeles’ Craigslist.
One is looking for Indian writers for an online publication put out by a non-profit, “committed to [sic] disseminate information for mankind’s enlightenment.” Yea, enlightenment. For about $0.001 per word.
The other is looking for laid off writers who just “‘have to write,’ even if it’s for free.”
I can’t [...]
December 2, 2008
More layoffs and Pay Cuts at Gawker Media!
Further proof that you can run, but you can’t hide from the pink slips—even in the World Wide Web: Mediabistro.com’s FishbowlNY reported today, that several heads rolled at Gawker Media.
Gawker editor Sheila McClear, Jezebel editorial assistant Maria-Mercedes Lara and Gizmodo reporter Benny Goldman were laid off. Three editors at Jezebel—Megan Carpentier, Traci Egan and Sadie Stein—were [...]
December 2, 2008
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publisher Resigns
A spokes person from the beleaguered publishing house Houghton Mifflin Harcourt confirmed to the Associated Press today that Rebecca Saletan, Senior Vice President and Publisher of adult trade books, has resigned. Saletan beat out longtime Houghton publisher and editor Janet Silver for her position earlier this year. Silver went on to Doubleday, but was laid off last [...]
December 2, 2008
$100/Hour Sounds Pretty Good Right Now…
Female Model Needed for NUDE Photography (East Village)
Reply to: david.nyc@mac.com [?]
Date: 2008-12-01, 7:59AM EST
Female model needed to increase portfolio.
Please note this is mostly NUDE work.
$100 hour minimum. I usually work a minimum of 10 hours with a model.
Prior nude experience not necessary.
Please send current pictures including face shot.
Please note this is not a [...]
December 2, 2008
Slowing Economy = Sinking Soaps
Another day, another victim! The entire cast of All My Children, even screen goddess Susan Lucci, were recently told by ABC to take drastic pay cuts or lose their jobs.
Apparently soaps just aren’t bringing in the viewers they used to and networks are favoring cheaper, more hideous programming, such as The View instead. In the [...]
December 2, 2008
Someone Should Make a Coffee Table Book About This
We’ve all seen variations of this shot over and over and over again since the financial crisis. You know it well, the one where the stock broker is looking at some sort of digital screen and he’s all stressed out and he’s clutching his face with his hand. Someone decided to make a blog about [...]
