Here they go again. 

From the Globe and Mail:

"The cuts will primarily affect Rogers’ conventional television, radio and publishing operations as well as back-office roles, Ms. Goldstein said. She said “today’s announcement impacts all areas of Rogers Media, except for the Toronto Blue Jays."

Rogers Media to cut 200 jobs across TV, radio, publishing divisions
 

ig wrote:

These changes will begin in February and will conclude as soon as possible....While difficult, these changes are essential to delivering on our Rogers 3.0 plan and to position us for continued success and future growth while helping us effectively manage costs.

So the changes will begin in February.
 
Hmmm. O.K., I’m not a tin foil hat wearer or a Coast to Coast listener. But this timing is interestingly suspicious and shows how devious Rogers may be.
 
On Monday, the CRTC began hearings into the future of local TV stations, especially newscasts, and whether they’re important to local markets and how to keep them viable in a difficult time. Calls for comments from the public are due by February 3rd and then the Commission will decide on a new policy, which may include some form of funding – which subscribers will surely pay for.
 
Rogers starts cutting staff in February, just as the CRTC begins to mull how to make them richer by saving the local newscasts. So they can fire a ton of people and if by some strange chance, the CRTC later comes back with compensation, cancelled or cut back newscasts might return – with new staff who will surely make a lot less than those let go in this latest purge.
 
As most here know, I’m no fan of this bloated entity that has been allowed way too much control of all things media in this country. But I have to hand it to them – this is pure greedy genius. They win either way and the workers – as they so often do - emerge with a lot less than when they came in.
 
And by the way, is there anything more odious than referring to this as “Rogers 3.0?” As if it’s simply a computer program upgrade and not what it really is – another mass firing from a company that’s had far too many of them over the years.

They're not just cutting 200 jobs, they're also raising rates...and not just cable rates either. 
Internet will have a $3 increase applied, Home Phone, a $2 increase, Digital cable has anywhere from $1-$4 increases that will apply, depending on what you pay for. (ie HD VIP is about to get a $4 increase)
Various theme packs are also going up a dollar. 
Digital plus and MeTV packages will be increasing by $2

Earth to Rogers! Come in Rogers! Cable internet and home phone are not hot and cold running water!


 

Rick "Brace" yourselves....

Sorry Dale...it SOUNDS like it's already the new industry standard.

You mean it isn't?

Some (if not all) of these happened today. Kudos to Rogers for making their staff walk on eggshells for two weeks.

When you have to pull the trigger, just do it, don't warn me.

 
 rogers-radio-cuts-sudbury.
 
The receptionist ????  Really ?????  F*ck me...



 

Last edited by unclefester (February 10, 2016 8:27 pm)

Change your provider.  Get a different phone.  Don't listen to their piss-filled radio stations or watch their TV stations.  Bring 'em to their knees. 

Wait...they're already on their knees...servicing their shareholders.  Take THEM down too.

... or just shop in your community and support your local economy.  Oh yeah, don't think of Bell, Rogers or Shaw too much because you can't let the bastards get you down.  Have a happy day. 

Radiowiz wrote:

Old Codger wrote:

Change your provider.  Get a different phone.  Don't listen to their piss-filled radio stations or watch their TV stations.  Bring 'em to their knees. 

Wait...they're already on their knees...servicing their shareholders.  Take THEM down too.

Actually, the better solution is to keep watching TV and listening to the radio, but to shop at the competition to the ads you see and hear. Problem solved...
 

I don't get it?!?  Mock hittin' 'em where it hurts all you want.  It only means that YOU don't give a shit for the rotten plight of those who deserved MUCH better.

I don't watch CHCH anymore.  I will not watch Rogers TV.  Their radio sucked so badly I never listened to it anyway.  And Bell?  Sorry.  They do radio and TV because?  Because they paid for it...not because they have a friggin' CLUE what they're doing.

Shyte floats...but not forever.

Ol' Bernie down there south of the border...  He ain't wrong...and LOADS of people KNOW it.  Ol' 'the Donald' is wrong...but only because he's a spoiled brat and ignorant in terms of how the rest of the world spins.

People have had ENOUGH.

^The smaller markets need to get back to tax write off mode for growth in the business.
The problem with my thinking, is that it does not secure that Joe smith or Jill whoever will go from a smaller market Bell owned radio station right into a larger market Bell owned station.

Instead, the problem is, the smaller market station just helped someone become good enough to go to a place like Toronto and work for a Rogers owned station and get great ratings for them instead of Bell.

If there could be a way to write off a smaller market and let it function as a not for profit venture in exchange for the security that a smaller market employee will only go to the larger market station owned by the same company, this would be a very good investment, but that's not how things work...

(I believe the words I'm looking for here are "farm team" or the "polish up") 

 

Last edited by Radiowiz (February 12, 2016 1:50 am)

Not sure they're operating at a loss Ig.  Some yes.  Some no.  If they are ... those managers should be fired for incompetence.  When things don't look too great...you stop hiring people.  Someone retires or leaves for greener pastures you thank them but you don't replace them.  You spread their work load out over several desks.  Many of these places have too many employees.  Slowly cut back through natural attritian and then don't allow yourself to get so FAT again.  To, en masse, fire hundreds out the door almost simultaneously looks entirely desperate,  undeniably weak, totally stupid and it also looks like a monster that DOESN"T know wtf it's doing.  That'll attract investors and shareholders how?

Of course paying through the nose and out the ass for hockey already told us THAT.  Rogers is now an entirely stupid corp.  Get out while there's still a chance.  They're a 20th century mega blunder.  That they're not the only one means little.  These media 'people' began their slow motion suicide 20 some-odd years ago.  The Slaights and Waters?  They KNEW when to hit the road.

TV as we knew it is shutting down.  Local radio will remain important...regional air signals won't.

Last edited by Old Codger (February 12, 2016 5:51 am)

What are the companies supposed  to do??

Well a good place to start would be customer service. Tonight at 8 p.m. C.B.C. Marketplace  will air their latest episode. It will highlight the higher-than-high prices that Canadians pay for their cell phone service and at the same time highlight the shoddy customer service that often goes along with their bill. It's my understanding that Marketplace will advocate on behalf of a number of  "typical"  Canadians who have real problems with their providers and can't get no satisfaction.  Tonight at 8 p.m. It's all about the customer right ???

When I left radio I went into a customer service business. I had customers in my business, face-to-face every single day, 7 days a week. It's all about customer service...always.  Problem solved.

Any other questions??


Next...



 

Last edited by unclefester (February 12, 2016 10:11 am)

wooooooowwwwww   I host the show and facilitate the guests, but at NO point have I ever portrayed myself as a money expert or a labour law expert or a real estate expert or a clogged drain expert for that matter.  I regularly get text messages pointing out what stupid question I just asked, and my opinions challenged because someone 'in my position at the station' should know better.  I usually don't, and don't pretend I do.

Usually I figure if I'm interested in the answer, someone else may be also.  

Admittedly I'm not afraid to fall on my sword for a good bit, but that's entertainment, not education.

Kilgore wrote:

ig wrote:

Playing devil's advocate for a sec. what are the companies supposed to do?  continue to operate the stations at a loss to protect jobs?   . . . . . . . . . . The same people bitching about the PostMedia layoffs, I'll bet, haven't had a post media subscription in years.  They get their news, free, via the web, and post their opinions, free, via the same medium.  They have no skin in the game, yet scream like stuck pigs anyway

That was profound.     You should host some kind of a Money show.     Perhaps Sundays when people have time to let it all sink in.


kilgore

The biggest problem with the endless cuts is not that corporations don't have the right to do so. That ship sailed a long time ago when the CRTC and the Competition Bureau got out of the way of concentration of ownership. The problem is that the resulting dilution in product and accountability is making media irrelevant.  If for example news is not profitable, which in large measure it is not, then it becomes a target for cost-cutting.  The result is that news is not properly or responsibly reported, and we are left with user-contributed video and commentary that is little better than social media chatter.  In the meantime, government, corporate interests, and other organizations operating in pursuit of self-interest go un-scrutinized.  What interest is being served there?  Is it any coincidence that federal cuts to the CBC's budget make it more difficult for reporters to do their jobs and demand accountability?  If the CBC is under-resourced, who is asking the tough questions and demanding difficult answers?  Private broadcasters can't make money at it so they spend their efforts reporting on explosions and catastrophes in an attempt to cling to their dwindling viewership, not covering events of relevance and national concern.  Frequently their corporate masters don't want them doing the hard stuff anyway - ask Kevin Crull.  Information can't be a for-profit enterprise.  That's why a healthy public broadcaster is in the national interest.