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Trib cuts 7 positions under restructuring plan
Seven Waco Tribune-Herald employees will lose their jobs under a restructuring plan announced Friday.
This layoff of the full-time positions follows reductions of 16 other full-time jobs made during 2008 by shifting employees into new jobs or by eliminating positions vacated through retirements or resignations, said Publisher Belinda Gaudet. In total, the newspaper workforce is about 11 percent smaller than it was a year ago.
The staff restructuring impacts all major departments at the Trib, which will continue to employ about 215 full and part-time employees.
“We had hoped to avoid layoffs,” Gaudet said. “It’s with great sadness that we had to eliminate these employees’ positions.”
Employees laid off Friday were offered severance packages based on their tenure, Gaudet said. Each employee was also offered free job placement help by a professional career transition service.
“Unfortunately, this restructuring reflects the business challenges facing some of our advertising customers,” Gaudet said. “We have to operate more efficiently until we get past this period. There are still local indicators that Waco and Central Texas are strong markets.”
Cox Newspapers, which owns the Trib, announced last August that it would sell all of its Texas, North Carolina and Colorado newspapers. That sales process continues. No buyers have yet been announced.
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By Doug
February 6, 2009 3:32 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Our thoughts and best wishes go out to all those affected — the ones who are leaving and the ones who remain.
By Bill
February 6, 2009 10:01 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
We are so sorry to hear about this. Y’all been doing a great job at Waco Trib. I hope this is the last of any cuts you’ll have to do.