BW staffers remaining were “ineligible or not selected.” Ugh
2009
11.25
Former BusinessWeek staffer Gary Weiss laments the word choices used by McGraw-Hill in letting go 123 BusinessWeek editorial staff members as part of Bloomberg’s acquisition of the magazine.
Weiss writes, “The memo begins, ‘The positions selected for termination were those who did not receive an offer of a comparable or substitute job with Bloomberg L.P., Geller & Company LLC, or The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.’
“OK, that’s straightforward enough. But then come the lists.
“List B, showing the people fired, is entitled, ‘Individuals selected for inclusion in the restructuring program.’
“List C, listing the people kept on, is entitled, ‘Individuals ineligible or not selected for inclusion in the restructuring program.’
“‘Ineligible or not selected.’ Poor bastards.
“Seriously, couldn’t they have put more thought into the way these lists were described? I mean, this is a communications company and all that.”
BW staffers remaining were “ineligible or not selected.” Ugh
11.25
Former BusinessWeek staffer Gary Weiss laments the word choices used by McGraw-Hill in letting go 123 BusinessWeek editorial staff members as part of Bloomberg’s acquisition of the magazine.
“OK, that’s straightforward enough. But then come the lists.
“List B, showing the people fired, is entitled, ‘Individuals selected for inclusion in the restructuring program.’
“List C, listing the people kept on, is entitled, ‘Individuals ineligible or not selected for inclusion in the restructuring program.’
“‘Ineligible or not selected.’ Poor bastards.
“Seriously, couldn’t they have put more thought into the way these lists were described? I mean, this is a communications company and all that.”
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