06-01-2023, 11:52 AM
(06-01-2023, 11:06 AM)neonemesis Wrote:Don't get me wrong, I do agree. As much as this whole process is quite painful, I do appreciate that there is a golden opportunity for BBC News to showcase itself as a global news channel, a rival to CNN in a way that it's never quite done before. That said, there is a serious issue around 'talent pipelines' and actually the whole talent management strategy. It's worth baring in mind that these are only the *latest* round of layoffs/VR. The culture, quite frankly, in News is bleak - and it bleeds into so much of what we do.(04-01-2023, 07:35 PM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote: Not referring specifically to this situation, but that does seem to be the typical way of any redundancy situation in any industry. A combination of the more capable people being able to find a new gig more easily and jumping ship, and older people who are eligible for early retirement saying "sod that" to the idea of re-applying for their own job meant that you do tend to lose a lot of experienced folk
It's important to see this as an opportunity too. Despite some of the hyperbole in this thread, BBC News is still an influential and internationally respected institution which should be developing new talent as a service to the industry. Of course, I don't mean a wholesale exodus of the established and experienced names - but the new faces of today are the beloved old-timers of tomorrow.
Ok, I've said my piece. I do, genuinely, hope that News emerges from these quite totemic changes in a stronger position it is just that you have to hit bottom before coming back up, right.