Tensions are rising at legacy media outlet Stuff as newsroom staff voice their frustrations over impending job cuts, particularly affecting the company’s audio and visual teams.
In a leaked letter to fellow legacy media outlet NZ Herald (paywalled), dozens of union employees criticised management’s proposal to streamline these teams by reducing permanent audio roles and disbanding visual journalist positions in Auckland, shifting those roles to Wellington and Christchurch.
While management insists the overall number of visual journalists will remain stable, staff argue the cuts will worsen the already high workload, warning that burnout is inevitable if the changes go through.
Workers say reducing headcount in booming multimedia areas, like video production, contradicts Stuff’s drive for more multimedia content and profitability.
The letter highlights fears that the company will soon need to rehire to cover staff shortages caused by the cuts, further stressing overworked teams.
Amid these changes, union members have rejected a company offer to cap salary increases at 2%, with the union threatening industrial action if negotiations don’t yield better terms.
Other teams at Stuff, particularly in lifestyle content, also face potential cuts, raising concerns about the company’s long-term strategy despite its recent investments in digital growth.
Best news I’ve heard for a while 🙂
Who reads or watches their trash anyway?
Been on life support for too long. Its total passing will not be missed.
Stopped reading it due to their bias and lies. Used to be my go to. They stopped the comments and that was the beginning of their demise. They don’t like the truth.
Yes, this follows on from the cutting of printers and engineers at the Lower Hutt (HO) plant, most of whom finnished work in August. They are now focusing on electronic forms, and social media. But the writing is very much on the wall, they have been weighed in the balance and found (very) wanting.
When one misreads or ignores the current social climate, follows woke agendas, and is instrumental in the suppression of free speech, they only thing left is to turn off the lights on the way out… Bye. 👋
These people from Suff are on their way out for one reason only.
They failed to report the truth.
No one likes to be lulled into believing jabs were safe when they were not.
No one likes a news site that fails to report the high death rate.
No one likes a news site who fails to report the blood clots our embalmers show on social media.
No one likes a news site that fails to report the UN activities.
I no longer look at Stuff. RNZ, CNN The Press, The Herald.
You guys are finished. You guys are unemployable.
On your way you fakers.