Stephen StirlingDec 26, 2022

I’m an editor at Gannett. I manage 4 reporters and lead the investigative and data work at the Asbury Park Press in NJ.

This week, I’m on mandatory furlough.

I appreciate the time with my family, but it is a truly horrid time of year to take away a portion of anyone’s salary.

I make $70K a year. I’m grateful for it. But I’m a single dad with two kids. It hurts.

The employees of this company deserve better. At the very least, they deserve to be paid what the company agreed to pay them.

Show threadThirdTier AmyDec 26, 2022
@Sstirling I’m sure it does hurt. As a business owner I can say that no decisions are taken without employees being the top consideration. It’s an awesome responsibility
Show threadSally StrangeDec 26, 2022
@thirdtier @Sstirling You can't seriously believe this is normal for most business owners
Show threadThirdTier AmyDec 26, 2022
@SallyStrange @Sstirling yes it is. I own three small businesses and they are three types of consulting firms. All three work with small businesses. One of them is M&A consulting and I see business owners everytime sacrifice their own best interest to insure the best future for their employees.
Show threadBarbara KrasnoffDec 26, 2022
@thirdtier @SallyStrange @Sstirling As with everything, it depends. I worked in a small startup in which the owner was very respectful of his employees, and in a small company in which the husband and wife owners were only interested in demonstrating their power over their employees. You can't generalize.
Show threadSally Strange
@barbk @thirdtier @Sstirling You can generalize. If his experiences were representative, we wouldn't have unions. The existence of unions suggests that his experiences are the exception, not the rule
Dec 26, 2022 at 10:37pmWeb