WingBender Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 (edited) In Era of Blog Sniping, Companies Shoot FirstNew York Times 11/05/2008 Author: Claire Cain Miller c. 2008 New York Times Company SAN FRANCISCO — During past downturns, layoffs were mostly a private affair. Big companies tended to issue vague press releases filled with jargon about “downsizing,” and start-ups often gave people the pink slip without telling the world anything at all. Not anymore. In the age of transparency, the layoff will be blogged. ... Every industry has Web sites that cover its companies and eagerly publish rumors, from the Starbucks Gossip blog to DealBreaker for the financial industry and BlueOvalNews.com for Ford Motor. Web sites like Glassdoor.com and JobSchmob.com also encourage workers to vent about their bosses. “Today, whatever you say inside of a company will end up on a blog,” said Rusty Rueff, a former human resources executive at Electronic Arts and PepsiCo. “So you have a choice as a company — you can either be proactive and take the offensive and say, ‘Here’s what’s going on,’ or you can let someone else write the story for you.” Edited November 5, 2008 by RichardJensen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Hey Mr. New York Times guy who wrote that article and knows about us and probably lurks here, please don't file a lawsuit because we just violated the DMCA in posting that article! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 WingBender, can you provide us with a link so we can shorten up the quote and get us in DMCA compliance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingBender Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 WingBender, can you provide us with a link so we can shorten up the quote and get us in DMCA compliance? Sorry, no linky. I got it from my employer's intranet news clip service. I think the NYT site is subscription only, but I haven't checked lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Nah. NYT ain't subscription only. You do have to create an account, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Sorry, no linky. I got it from my employer's intranet news clip service. I think the NYT site is subscription only, but I haven't checked lately. Gotcha. In the future, try not to post any complete articles. Good find though! :yup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I wonder if journalists who lurk on BON believe everything they read, I know I do. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalepsy Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Here's the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/technolo.../05blog.html?em or Here: http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/...es-shoot-first/ Gotcha. In the future, try not to post any complete articles. Good find though! :yup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingBender Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 Gotcha. In the future, try not to post any complete articles. In Era of Blog Sniping, Companies Shoot FirstNew York Times 11/05/2008 Author: Claire Cain Miller c. 2008 New York Times Company ...and BlueOvalNews.com for Ford Motor. Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bored of Pisteon Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 (edited) Edited November 5, 2008 by Bored of Pisteon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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