Paul Boutin points to the fact that Wired News is hitting tough times.
The layoffs, announced to employees on Monday, leave the iconic technology Web site Wired.com with no employees bearing the title “staff writer.” In all, three reporters, an unknown number of production employees and two business-side people lost their jobs. The two remaining staff writers had their titles changed to editor.
On the one hand this isn’t that surprising, it wasn’t but several months ago that they reduced their pay scale for freelancers like me. But on the other hand they were just advertising a few months ago for a new staff writer. Must have come relatively unexpectedly.
Also, guys, bad form to fire people on a Monday. Really bad form.
Boy, am I thankful to have a full-time job right about now.
