Time Inc. Prepares for Layoffs

Two-year reprieve could mean heavy cuts this time

Time Inc. staff are on eggshells as they await news of layoffs and smaller bonuses than in years past as the company faces declining revenue.

CEO Laura Lang, in a memo yesterday, has already told employees she would eliminate the usual 3 percent merit increase for 2013 as the company looks to “aggressively manage costs.”

Bonuses have been a point of contention in the past, when former CEO Ann Moore changed the formula to deemphasize individual divisions’ performance, which would have penalized people who worked for high-performing brands like People.

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