Baltimore Sun Media Group – “Mediocrity acceptable in once was a Award winning newspaper”

Pros

There is a core group of committed employees at the Sun who do thier best to accomplish tasks in order for publications to remain profitable and on point.

Cons

Benefits to employees keep being reduced; layoffs are not handled professionally. The level of paranoia has reached the point where employees who leave on their own are escorted out the door even though two weeks notice is given. There have been no reviews or raises in two years. Experienced employees are leaving at an alarming rate leaving a mediocre staff and a management team who has to play catch up because they are not sure of what tasks the employees who have left did.

Advice to Senior Management

I feel that at some point the middle management needs to be evaluated under stringent guidelines and tangible benchmarks. Many people at that level seem to have gotten there by politcal saavy vs any type of management skills or creative ability.