Comments on: Board agrees deal to keep top JP executive

By: Aman

Aman — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:59:53 +0000

Your Say. Yet another excuse to have a go at editors.
Do you understand the new strategy? Do you agree with it?
If no to either of the above, basically your line manager (editor) will get in trouble.

It’s clear in so many decisions JP makes that editors are seen as the enemy by the beancounters and are undermined constantly.

The survey also has no searching questions and no opportunity for staff to say what they really think.

My only hope is Our Ash will see the amount of disquiet and low morale. But there’s been so much positive spinning of everything recently (for example, the infamous “platform neutral” announcement only revealed the daily to weekly/job losses buried several pars below awful management speak) so I expect the chiefs will only see what they want to see.

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By: Dan Depan

Dan Depan — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:56:52 +0000

Are we really surprised – no
Do they give a damn – no
… and even if they close the whole firm down the execs have already got their payoffs negotiated – something stinks in the state of JP

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By: Onlooker

Onlooker — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:01:45 +0000

The recipients of these massive rewards will be getting a further boost when the top rate tax cut takes effect. I can think of much more deserving causes for help than overpaid executives.

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By: Disillusioned Journo

Disillusioned Journo — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:21:42 +0000

Scribbler….got my ‘Your Say’ survey filled in alright….except it doesn’t really give you a chance to say anything, my idea of commenting on my job/general working conditions etc cannot be done through a multi-choice tick box form….where was the space for us to actually write down how we feel???….says it all really!

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By: Fresh Coriander

Fresh Coriander — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:35:52 +0000

Slave, your senior manager is lying.

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By: slave to the cause

slave to the cause — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:26:04 +0000

My senior manager tells me that none of the non Board senior managers earnt any bonus last year. Cost cutting was all we did. Don’t tell me that the rest got big bonus payments for chopping staff. That couldn’t happen could it ?

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By: phnurg

phnurg — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:09:35 +0000

“Flatter” management structure was a literal (via the hideous atex system, obviously)…they mean “fatter”

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By: Scribbler

Scribbler — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:39:07 +0000

So much for the new, “flatter”, management structure.
I hope everyone who has responded to the “Your Say” staff satisfaction survey has responded appropriately.

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By: JG

JG — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:37:40 +0000

Never before have I seen such remoteness from reality as the board of directors at Johnston Press. Granted, most executive boards never really understand the company from the grass roots, and will rarely visit regional offices, or meet the underpaid regular staff. But Johnston Press have a unique assembly of ludicrous, overpaid execs who have very little knowledge of the industry (Highfield is from an IT background).

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By: phnurg

phnurg — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:09:14 +0000

The words Fiddles, Nero, Rome, While, Burns spring to mind…

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By: JP Worker

JP Worker — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:14:32 +0000

Have you seen the bonuses they paid themselves last year ?
Unbelievable ! The figures were awful last year yet Fry, Cammiade and even Highfield manage to cop off with big bonus payments. What is going on ?

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