Jeannine Guttman Gone

Twenty-two nonunion employees at Blethen Maine (Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, and Morning Sentinel) are out of work -- most of them are senior editorial staff. ONE of them is Jeannine Guttman, who laid me off twice.

I was let go twice at the same job? Yes. Here's the short of the long of it....I was hired last May to head up MaineBusiness.com. I moved 2 hours south. Six weeks later I get laid off. Then I was offered a job that -- had I refused would have meant no unemployment benefits -- at the Press Herald doing a job a glorified monkey could do. Six weeks later I got laid off. Again.

When the sale of a newspaper happens it's not uncommon for top editorial staff to lose their jobs. Guttman has been on the chopping block for quite a while. When I got laid off for the second time I sent her an email. I never got a response. Karma? That might be a bit much to hope for but that company treated me so shoddily that the demise of the head honchos tickles me a little bit....not gonna lie.

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