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.

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