"Isn't there a bit of a rush to lay off employees at the moment?"

Amanda stood in front of Andy, helped him straighten his tie, and said with some frowns.

"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 off some stumbling blocks, otherwise how to insert our people in, only middle managers are the cornerstone of an enterprise, okay, let's go, don't let others wait for a long time, this is also your first day in office, I will hand over the TV and radio to you, I believe you are familiar with the materials."

At the meeting, it's up to you to ask to remove the stock information from 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 build your prestige. ”

Andy looked down at Amanda's pretty face as she looked up at him, breathing in her snort and the aroma of her mouth exhaling.

"Giggles, got it. Amanda smiled and turned to look at herself in the coat mirror, looked left and right, and after finding that there was nothing wrong, she nodded at Andy, and the two left the office together.

On the 29th floor, the abandoned snack dining area was reorganized and used as a meeting room for Andy, the vice president, to gather Bloomberg's various media teams for a meeting.

“。。。 I know some people find this design a little weird, but the best news and website design will always be slightly uncomfortable at the first glance. Plumski, with his black-rimmed glasses and brown-red beard, showed the room a new page that he and his Bloomberg subordinates had suddenly taken seriously.

"The information density of the new website has been reduced a lot. This means that you might have 20 or more article titles on the front page, but in the new version you will see less than 10. With large images and large font captions, important information can be better highlighted. Readers will not be annoyed by too much information.

At the same time, we have also cut the comment section of the article page, on the grounds that most of the users are already retweeting and commenting on social networks, and they will gain more users on those platforms.

Videos are also an important part of the revision, in the small window in the upper right corner of each article, Bloomberg TV's videos will play silently and automatically, and you can skip to watch them with a click... ”

Andy looked at the irregular layout and bright color scheme of the website pages, and when everyone focused their eyes on his face, he nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, this is very bold and crazy, I like this layout, maybe I should add a waterfall display form... ”

"Great idea, oh my god, how did I forget this, BOSS, it's a great idea... ”

Andy is no stranger to Pleski's tech-nerd's straightforwardness and lack of office culture, after all, he's used to it in Silicon Valley, and says with a smile: "When the headline is paired with rich colors, it's actually easier to attract people's attention, and the effect of the big picture is even more so." The bold column line and wider white space also make each part more clearly distinguished, yes, I like this layout, that's it, you go back and start changing the layout of the site.

Information from Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg Pursuit Magazine, and Bloomberg's broadcast television, news are all integrated into the new website. The original and both domain names should also be redirected directly to the homepage. ”

Andy's tone was undoubtedly a direct decision, and his eyes looked around the conference room, Justin Smith, CEO of the media group, Amanda, the new head of the radio and television business, Laurie Hayes, the acting editor of Bloomberg News, who had just joined the company, Plesky of Bloomberg, and Josh Tyrankee, the editor-in-chief of Business Week, who was not him, and the two heads of Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg Pursuit magazines, and of course, Daniel Dorcottoff, CEO of Bloomberg Partners, Inc., who had not spoken.

The matter of the website was finally decided by Andy, and soon moved on to the next topic, for some reforms and suggestions of Bloomberg's radio and television business, although Amanda is the newly appointed director, but watching her confident and calm talk, Bloomberg Partners CEO Daniel Dowkotoff is really a bit complicated.

He was surprised that Andy Smith had grabbed the most important Bloomberg news so quickly by the fact that the media conglomerate, which had been in a state of loss and accounted for only 15% of the company's business, was invisibly excluded.

To be honest, Daniel is actually very simple if he wants to stumble on Andy, after all, the most important sources of Bloomberg are still those data terminals that are rented and sold, as long as he wants, he can get stuck in the neck of these media teams, the problem is that he has no reason to do this, without the support of Michael Bloomberg, he, a professional manager, dares to fight with Andy, the second largest shareholder, Andy dares to propose to fire him, maybe Michael Bloomberg refuses, but that's just maybe, what if he agrees?

That's really stupid, no one knows what the old fox is thinking, often saying ambiguous things, let their subordinates guess, do not agree or make mistakes, he will turn his face and throw the pot without admitting it, and then kick out of the company, working for that old guy is too fucking tired.

"Daniel, I looked at the financial situation of the media business from 2002 to the present, to be honest, I was a little speechless, almost every year losing hundreds of millions of dollars, if it wasn't for the amazing profitability of the data terminal, I really can't believe that it can survive until now, from the beginning of only one news organization, to now, the company has 8 subordinate news organizations, in the newswire, television, radio, network, magazines and other areas have different teams.

What I can't understand the most is that these news organizations were all formed from scratch, completely abandoning the route of acquisition, annexation, and absorption, which undoubtedly increased financial expenditures. ”

Daniel also shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard the words of Justin Smith, the new CEO of the media group, and said: "Mr. Bloomberg is not interested in buying a company, because it is not pure enough, and he believes in the team he has formed." ”

"Although our finances will be consolidated and reported, but it is not a long-term solution to continue to lose money, I checked the personnel information, the number of personnel in each media team is a bit too much, the current economy in the United States is affected by the subprime mortgage crisis, the market is sluggish, in order to open up sources and reduce expenditure, reduce losses, and then before the integration of the media group, various departments will carry out a layoff... ”

Justin had a warm smile on his face, but the words he said made everyone present shudder and cold, and suddenly began to whisper, although the dozen or so people present are important management, this layoff fire will not burn them, but after all, they are all following their subordinates, and it is a difficult decision to lay off who or not.

"Let me first say my opinion, layoffs are imperative, the entire Wall Street is being cut, this is also a matter of no choice, and the front-line news reporters and editors will not move this time, 135 global offices, except for reporters and editors, everyone else is being cut!"

As Andy's words fell, the entire conference room was in an uproar, especially the "Bloomberg Businessweek" that did not belong to Andy's vice president's sphere of influence, the faces of the two editors-in-chief of Bloomberg Pursuit magazine were completely gloomy, but they also knew that their arms could not be twisted, after all, their media team had been handed over to the young man in front of them by Michael Bloomberg, and their life and death had been tightly held in the hands of Andy Smith.

On the contrary, the head of Bloomberg Markets has nothing to worry about, and he knows that the knife of layoffs will not fall on the head of his department, they are the bridge between Bloomberg data terminals and media groups, and they are not affiliated with media groups.

"This layoff will be a business capability evaluation and screening, and a special team will be set up soon, all of you are the future cornerstone of Bloomberg Media Group, and I hope you will cooperate with the work of the task force when the time comes!"

Justin changed his smile from a warm smile, his eyes were sharp, and his new subordinates looked around at his group with a cold expression, saying words that were both comforting and warning.

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The meeting ended quickly, everyone left the conference room with a solemn expression, Andy looked at the back of CEO Daniel leaving, and just smiled faintly, knowing that the news of this layoff would soon be received by Michael Bloomberg, however, to the disappointment of many people, the old guy will only be happy to see it, after all, as a Jew, he would prefer his company to make more money.