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2023-01-21 Economy

'Painful wait': Jeff Bezos visit to Washington Post stokes fears of layoffs

[NYPOST] Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos paid a rare visit to the newspaper’s offices and took part in an editorial staff meeting on Thursday — igniting panic among the publication’s journalists that layoffs were imminent.

Bezos surprised staffers on Thursday morning when he showed up to the newspaper’s headquarters on K Street in the nation’s capital just weeks after publisher Fred Ryan announced looming layoffs during a stormy, chaotic all-hands meeting.

The Amazon founder’s presence in the newsroom prompted one staffer, who was dressed in a red shirt emblazoned with the insignia of the newspaper guild, to accost the billionaire and ask him directly why management was planning to lay people off rather than offer buyouts, according to multiple reports.

Bezos declined to address the matter, only saying that he was there to listen, according to the news site.

"I’m convinced this is going to be a protracted, painful wait for a lot of people," a Washington Post journalist told the Daily Beast.
The poor darlings. It makes the heart bleed, truly it does.

Posted by Fred 2023-01-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [23 views ] Top

#1 Decline is dramatic for the post. The young people don't bother looking at the news in all forms of media.

Posted by Dale 2023-01-21 03:55|| 2023-01-21 03:55|| Front Page Top

#2 ..well you keep getting the same approved talking points from dozens of outlets from the ~~Politburo~~ DNC. They've made each other redundant.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-01-21 06:58|| 2023-01-21 06:58|| Front Page Top

#3 The Blue State plus Ohio “kill granny in the rest home” policy may have cut the Post daily circulation in half.

Better strategies for Bezos acquisitions that are spontaneously visited - slide a full size Almond Joy into his plastic pumpkin and hope he moves on to the next house. If he stays, challenge him to a game of chess. Use the chess delay to emergency scrabble all the remote workers in through shipping and back to their desks before the shark bump visit progresses to the tour stage.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-21 09:54|| 2023-01-21 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 "I’m convinced this is going to be a protracted, painful wait for a lot of people," a Washington Post journalist told the Daily Beast.

So....you and your peers are aware of your ghawdaful performance?

Learn to fold.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-01-21 10:34|| 2023-01-21 10:34|| Front Page Top

#5 I have even less sympathy for these people than the future unemployed at Google and Microsoft. They deliberately lied about everything all the time. They brought shame upon journalism. Fuck 'em. I'd say I hope they all end up flipping burgers except that might take a job opportunity from some hard working illegal alien who, even though he or she might be here illegally, is still more worthy than WAPO hacks. It'd warm the cockles of my cold, black heart if WAPO would go out of business altogether.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-01-21 12:10|| 2023-01-21 12:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Getting what they inflicted on the rest of the country. Good and hard...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-21 12:26|| 2023-01-21 12:26|| Front Page Top

#7 "We are the select! We are the loyal! We are supposed to be protected from this!"

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-01-21 12:53|| 2023-01-21 12:53|| Front Page Top

#8 LMAO, couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of asshole.

Posted by Chris 2023-01-21 12:55|| 2023-01-21 12:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Nobody likes to see the Big Boss show up, but there's a certain joy in this visit.

Besides, how do you top four years of Trump bashing?

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-01-21 12:55|| 2023-01-21 12:55|| Front Page Top

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