Today FM’s news group have actually been left “exhausted” and “over it”, after the one-week assessment on proposed function disestablishments finished up the other day, presumably without modifications to the business’s restructuring strategies.
One employee, spoken with by the Herald, said all press reporters and newsreaders were being made redundant however might reapply for a position.
“We have to go through applying for jobs we were already doing, and go through an interview process.”
The station suddenly went off air on March 30, with senior hosts such as Tova O’Brien and Duncan Garner losing their jobs essentially right away.
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While their groups were provided simply 3 hours to provide feedback, Today FM reporters, newsreaders and subeditors continued working, providing news on the hour for the business’s music stations.
Last Tuesday, nevertheless, they were taken through a different procedure and provided a one-week assessment duration.
Under the modification, as reported in recently’s Herald Media Insider column, 4 newsreaders would lose their jobs and 9 reporters were likewise informed their functions were being disestablished.
A staffer today likewise verified 2 subeditors and the news employer have actually been kept.
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“We feel exhausted and some of us went through this previously with MediaWorks so not sure who to trust any more. It’s all been very badly handled and cold.”
The employee informed the Herald they were uncertain the number of individuals would lose their jobs as the due date for accepting redundancies was Monday.
They said the group felt “over it” at the conference with management and personnels agents the other day, which they said was “short and sharp”.
“We’ve really been put through the wringer but kept turning up at all hours to professionally do our jobs.”
A representative for MediaFunctions informed the Herald the business was maintaining a news group.
“We have been in consultation with our current news team and proposed a new structure to suit the changing needs of the business.
“The majority of our news team will be retained, while some have opted to take redundancy.”
On whether any of the news group’s propositions throughout the assessment had actually been gotten, the representative said they were “still working through” the brand-new structure of the news group.
“Our priority is our people while we implement these changes.”
When questioned about the news group needing to reapply for their jobs, claims that staff suggestions throughout the assessment were not used up and staff beliefs, the representative said they had “nothing further to add”.
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