Memo from the associate editor:

Another new companywide assessment category is Attitude.  Our attitudes influence our own behavior and performance, and also that of our colleagues’.  We believe positive attitude is crucial to our changing culture and all that must be accomplished for our company to be successful.

The new system uses a four-point scale to measure employees against the established expectations and goals.  We hope this moves us away from the letter-grade implication of our previous system-the incorrect impression that a "3'' equates to a "C,'' or average performance, which has contributed to a tendency toward grade inflation...

Wondering ...
Posted by Michael Hill • 1/26/2009 2:03:17 PM

... how long H.L. Mencken would have lasted under such a regime.  Or Mike Royko for that matter...

3...2...1...
Posted by Sean Carr • 1/26/2009 1:01:50 PM

First they take away the coffee.  Then the copy editors.   Then the substance and the joi de vivé.  Actual journalism is also on the way out.

Now, the curmudgeons.  The last fun thing about working at a newspaper is going in 3...2...1...

I'm contractually forbidden from criticizing the Trib
Posted by Dave Wilson • 1/26/2009 8:15:05 AM

So let me just say it's the happiest place on Earth.

Posted by: Old Grouch in The Press at 00:27:42 GMT | Comments (1) | Add Comment
Post contains 221 words, total size 3 kb.

Posted by: Old Grouch in The Press at 17:54:14 GMT | Comments (1) | Add Comment
Post contains 18 words, total size 1 kb.

Amusing though*.

Seattle Post Intelligencer Garage Sale

Date/Time
January 10 (Saturday), 0800
Location
Seattle Post Intelligencer 101 Elliot Ave W.
Sponsored by
Hearst Newspaper Co.

Seattle P-I Garage sale.  Time to clean out the garage before putting the property on the market...

Posted by: Old Grouch in The Press at 02:19:42 GMT | Comments (3) | Add Comment
Post contains 75 words, total size 2 kb.

Kenneth Anderson:

Posted by: Old Grouch in The Press at 05:05:20 GMT | Comments (1) | Add Comment
Post contains 94 words, total size 2 kb.

Seventy-seven percent of Americans believe that the U.S. media is making the economic situation worse by projecting fear into people's minds.

The majority of those surveyed feel that the financial press, by focusing on and embellishing negative news, is damaging consumer confidence and damping investment, making a difficult situation much worse.  The poll was conducted via telephone, December 4 - 7. - Opinion Research Corporation

Posted by: Old Grouch in The Press at 01:26:25 GMT | No Comments | Add Comment
Post contains 104 words, total size 1 kb.