Washington, D.C.-based The Washington Post, a general-circulation daily newspaper, has announced a restructuring and a 30% reduction in force, including both business and editorial employees.
The reduction in force will impact 300+ employees companywide.
According to Executive Editor Matt Murray, "The layoffs are part of a 'broad strategic reset with a significant staff reduction,' as the paper attempts to reposition itself in what he described as an increasingly 'crowded, competitive and complicated media landscape.'"
"Today is about 'positioning ourselves to become more essential to people’s lives, and what is becoming a more crowded, competitive and complicated media landscape, and after some years when, candidly, the Post has struggled to do that.'”
“This is a difficult time, but I know that every one of us believes deeply in this place and the purpose and the opportunity, and we all want to save it. We all want to create a Washington Post that can grow and thrive again.”
Change is constant, and it's coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life, nor promises of a bright future. We see good people being laid off through no fault of their own. Just because something terrible hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, at any time, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. While many employees can read the writing on the wall, why do most assume it’s targeted at someone else? Are you now wondering, Am I Next?