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"Is it a bit anxious to lay off staff at present?"

Amanda stood in front of Andy, helping him straighten his tie, and said with a frown.

"There will be no large-scale layoffs. Just use the excuse that the media business will cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars every year to kick some stumbling blocks. Otherwise, how can we put our people in? Only middle managers are the cornerstone of an enterprise. Okay, Let's go, don't make others wait too long, this is also your first day in the new post, I will leave the TV and radio to you, I believe you have memorized all the materials.

In a meeting in a while, it is up to you to propose to cancel the stock information scrolling at the bottom of the screen, and suggest adding an information box to the right side of the screen. This is your chance to quickly establish your prestige. "

Andy looked down at Amanda, who was close at hand, looked up at his pretty face, breathed in her breath and the aroma from her mouth and arranged.

"Heck, I got it." Amanda smiled and turned around to look at herself in the cloakroom mirror, checked left and right, found nothing wrong, nodded to Andy, and the two left the office together.

The abandoned snack food area on the 29th floor was rearranged and became a conference room where Andy, the vice president, gathered various Bloomberg media teams for meetings.

"...I know some people find the design a little weird, but the best news and website designs are always slightly uncomfortable the first time you see it." Wearing black-rimmed glasses and wearing Pleski, with a brown-red beard, showed it to everyone in the conference room, explaining the new website pages that he and his subordinates of the Bloomberg website, who were suddenly taken seriously, created overnight.

"The information density of the new version of the website has been reduced a lot. This means that there may be 20 or more article titles displayed on the homepage, but in the new version you can only see less than 10. Plus With large pictures and large font titles, important information can be better highlighted. Readers will not feel annoyed by too much information.

At the same time, we also cut off the comment area of ​​the article page. Our reason is that most of the users have already reposted and commented on social networks, and they will gain more users on those platforms.

Video is also an important part of the revision. In the small window in the upper right corner of each article, the video of Bloomberg TV will automatically play without sound, and you can skip to watch it with one click. . . "

Andy looked at the irregular layout and bright colors of the website page, and when everyone focused on his face, he nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, this is bold and crazy. A waterfall display should be added..."

"Great idea, gosh, how did I forget this, BOSS, this is a great idea..."

Andy is no stranger to Pleski's straightforward and indifferent character of office culture. After all, he is used to it in Silicon Valley. He said with a smile: "When the title is matched with rich colors, it is actually easier to attract People's eyes, and the effect of the big picture is even more so. The bold column line and wider space also make each part more clearly distinguished. Yes, I like this layout, so it's decided , You go back and start changing the website layout.

Information and news from Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg Quest magazine, and Bloomberg TV broadcasts are all consolidated into the new site. The original and two domain names should also jump directly to the home page. "

Andy's tone was unquestionable and he directly made a decision. He looked around the conference room. Justin Smith, the CEO of the media group, Amanda, the new director of the radio and television business, and Laurie Hayes, the acting editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, had just surrendered. , Pleski of the Bloomberg website, Josh Tylenkiel, the editor-in-chief of Business Week who is not him, and Bloomberg Markets, the two heads of Bloomberg Pursuit Magazine, and of course, Bloomberg, who has not spoken. Daniel Doctooff, CEO of Beau Partners Ltd.

In this way, the matter of the website was finalized by Andy, and soon entered the next topic, some reforms and suggestions for Bloomberg’s radio and television business,

Although Amanda is the newly appointed supervisor, Daniel Doctooff, the CEO of Bloomberg Partners, is really complicated when seeing her speak confidently and calmly.

He, the CEO who is in charge of the entire Bloomberg, has been invisibly excluded by the media group, which has been in a state of loss and only accounts for 15% of the company's business. What surprised him was that Andy Smith actually reported the most important Bloomberg news so quickly. Just caught it in my hand.

To be honest, if Daniel wants to trip Andy, it is actually very simple. After all, the most important sources of news for Bloomberg are the data terminals that are rented and sold. As long as he wants, he can choke the necks of these media teams. He has no reason to do this. Without the support of Michael Bloomberg, he, a professional manager, dared to confront Andy, the second largest shareholder, and Andy dared to propose to fire him. Maybe Michael Bloomberg would refuse, but that was just Perhaps, what if you agree?

That's really stupid, no one knows what that old fox is thinking, he often says ambiguous things, let his subordinates guess, if he doesn't like it or makes a mistake, he will turn his back on it and kick him out of the company , Working for that old guy is too fucking tiring.

"Daniel, I checked the financial status of the media business from 2002 to the present. To be honest, I'm a little speechless. I lose hundreds of millions of dollars almost every year. If it weren't for the amazing profitability of the data terminal, I really can't believe that I can sustain it. Up to now, from only one news organization at the beginning, the company now has 8 subordinate news organizations, with different teams in newswire, TV, radio, Internet, magazines and other fields.

The most incomprehensible thing to me is that these news organizations were all established from scratch, completely abandoning the route of acquisition, annexation and absorption, which undoubtedly increased the financial expenditure. "

Daniel shook his head and said with a wry smile when he heard what the new media group CEO Justin Smith said: "Mr. Bloomberg is not interested in acquiring companies because he is not pure enough, and he believes in the team he has built."

"Although our financial affairs will be consolidated and reported, it is not a long-term solution to continue to lose money. I checked the personnel information and found that the number of personnel in each media team is a bit too much. The current US economy is affected by the subprime mortgage crisis. The market In the downturn, in order to increase income and reduce expenditure, and reduce losses, before the integration of the media group, various departments will have to lay off staff..."

Justin had a warm smile on his face, but what he said made everyone present feel shuddering and cold, and immediately began to discuss in a low voice. Although the dozen or so people present were all important management, this The fire of layoffs will not burn them, but after all, they are all following their subordinates. It is a difficult decision who to lay off and not to lay off.

"Let me first state my opinion. Layoffs are inevitable. The entire Wall Street is downsizing. There is no other way. Also, front-line journalists and editors will not move this time. The 135 global offices, except Reporters and editors, everyone else is on the cut list!"

As Andy's words fell, the entire meeting room was in an uproar, especially for "Bloomberg Business Weekly", which was not yet within the sphere of influence of Andy, the vice president. But they also know that their arms can't be twisted. After all, their media team has been handed over to the young man in front of them by Michael Bloomberg, and their life and death have been tightly held in the hands of Andy Smith.

On the contrary, the director of the Bloomberg market has nothing to worry about. He also knows that the big knife of layoffs will not fall on his department. They are a bridge connecting the Bloomberg data terminal and the information exchange of the media group, and they are not affiliated with the media. group.

"The layoffs will be assessed and screened for business capabilities, and a special team will be established soon. You are the cornerstone of the future of Bloomberg Media Group. I hope you can cooperate with the work of the special team!"

Justin changed his warm smiling expression, his eyes were sharp, and he looked around his new subordinates with a cold and stern expression, saying words that were both comforting and warning.

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The meeting ended soon, and everyone left the meeting room with solemn expressions. Andy looked at the back of CEO Daniel leaving, and just smiled faintly, knowing that the news of the layoffs would soon be accepted by Michael Bloomberg However, to disappoint many people, the old guy will only be happy with the results. After all, as a Jew, he hopes that his company will make more money.