BBC Employees Get The Axe
Kill It, Cook It, Eat It among casualties…
Quick note for American employees of the BBC: If you work for BBC America, you’re fine. If you work as a freelancer for the BBC, you’re fine. but if you’re one of the few salaried Beeb employees stateside… you might want to be worried.
The BBC is laying off more than 12% of their workforce. Around 2,800 positions are being cut from the BBC’s 23,000 job payroll.
As the Financial Times reports, these are tough times to be working for the BBC in London:
BBC executives are believed to have resisted calls to close one or more services, such as BBC Three, and opted instead for cuts within existing services.
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