Re: WCAP

[Norm Rosen <inorm99@earthlink.net>]

Sven Franklyn Weil wrote:

> To the board ops that walked out and got abusive at this radio station:
>
> a) You had NO right to get abusive with your boss.  If you  didn't like
> their boss' answer, a civil and polite letter of resignation would have
> sufficed.  Way to burn bridges...how's this little scenario going to play
> out on your resumes? What's going to happen when you need a reference from
> your previous employer (if this was your first)?
>
> To WCAP's brass:
>
> b) Giving your board ops a couple of bucks raise would have not been a bad
> idea.  Hell...they're the ones responsible for the air-product and the
> ones forced to listen to YOUR radio station; no matter how boring it may
> be.
>
> Of course, I don't know the economic state at WCAP and what the whole
> story behind this whole scenario is.
>
> Does anyone have any more details?
>
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> Sven F. Weil
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With the contentious state of union-management relations,

I'm forming my opinion carefully.

I don't know the details specific to WCAP either,

If it's a small, privately owned  news talk station , maybe the owner
may not
have

had the  money to provide a decent wage.

However, assuming the board -ops had approached the owner about a pay
increase

previously and were made empty promises ( it could happen) then I can
understand their

anger.

There is no need for verbal abuse, but at some point, communication broke
down, or there

was never communication to begin with.

Ironic, in the communications field :)

Norm