Weekend rotations have become a topic because departures are leaving already anemically staffed papers with too few people to spread around. So you get drafted -- like it or not.
With the departure of The Herald's Lothrop reporter, the understaffed paper will be down to five reporters who rotate through a Saturday shift (even though there are people from the Contra Costa Times working and covering much of the same area). Word is that currently a clerk is working Sundays as a reporter but still getting paid as a clerk (another matter for a later discussion).
The question to the masses is, how often, if at all, do you have to work a Saturday or a Sunday shift? I'd like to know how out of whack our rotation is, especially when there's staff already working at The Creek.
Monday, November 26, 2007
The Weekend Rotation draft
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At The Argus in Fremont, we just got this unfortunate communique due to our withered editorial department (Jeremy is a once-a-week paid intern):
"1) Jeremy will be in Israel for a couple weeks next month, so we'll need someone to work three Saturday shifts: Dec. 15, 22 and 29. Please let me know which one you can take."
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