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Lila Carney gone from 10NBC

While the amount may or may not have been big...that is not the point. Companies don't take lightly to employees who steal from them--in whatever form.

In addition, a cell phone bill with unneeded calls would provide a company the smoking gun to fire someone--in particuliar if that person wasn't real liked/needed. Read into that what you may.
 
Rochwatcher said:
While the amount may or may not have been big...that is not the point. Companies don't take lightly to employees who steal from them--in whatever form.

In addition, a cell phone bill with unneeded calls would provide a company the smoking gun to fire someone--in particular if that person wasn't real liked/needed. Read into that what you may.
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Channel 10 has a reputation of getting rid of women who either show their age, or gain a few pounds, but this is the first I've heard of the station firing someone for running up a cell telephone bill.

You are right, it's not a smart idea to steal from any company. But from what you have indicated this person wasn't well liked. Could have have been the catalyst for letting her go? What I mean is if she was liked by staff and management, would she still be working there had she made restitution for all the phone calls made on the company's phone?
 
Rochwatcher said:
In addition, a cell phone bill with unneeded calls would provide a company the smoking gun to fire someone--in particuliar if that person wasn't real liked/needed. Read into that what you may.
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As I heard it, it was the case that she was not well liked. Something like Varnum wouldn't be in the same room as her. Thought I remember hearing it was over the way she'd hoard tips or ideas.

Meh. Don't pay attention to me. Real second hand info here.
 
Rochwatcher said:
Not well liked+cell phone bill=pink slip
She hanged herself with the company rope.
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I wonder what her chances of landing another job will be if she is that difficult a person to work with? After all who needs another pain-in-the-a$$ working in the newsroom?
 
Varnum didn't want to be in a room with her? Does anyone want to be near Varnum?
 
rocktv said:
Varnum didn't want to be in a room with her? Does anyone want to be near Varnum?
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;D
 
This is sad, people. You're tarnishing someone's reputation based purely off rumor. Lila was let go WITHOUT CAUSE. The union has a contract that allows two people to be let go per year without cause. Gruba was one. Lila was number two. There is paper work that proves Lila was let go without cause.

Take a look around the journalism industry these days. These cost cutting moves are taking place everywhere. Unless someone has a personnel file that shows Lila was written up for these things, you should stop slandering her.

I'm in the PR business and worked with her numerous times. She was one of the rare journalists that was dependable, trustworthy AND talented. She worked hard to get stories and then treated them fairly and accurately. I know other people around the city felt the same way about her. The Rochester media world is worse off because Lila is no longer a part of it.
 
NewsJunkie83 said:
This is sad, people. You're tarnishing someone's reputation based purely off rumor. Lila was let go WITHOUT CAUSE. The union has a contract that allows two people to be let go per year without cause. Gruba was one. Lila was number two. There is paper work that proves Lila was let go without cause.

Take a look around the journalism industry these days. These cost cutting moves are taking place everywhere. Unless someone has a personnel file that shows Lila was written up for these things, you should stop slandering her.

I'm in the PR business and worked with her numerous times. She was one of the rare journalists that was dependable, trustworthy AND talented. She worked hard to get stories and then treated them fairly and accurately. I know other people around the city felt the same way about her. The Rochester media world is worse off because Lila is no longer a part of it.
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Please explain to me then who is this new "blonde" that 10 has hired to do live shots during the morning show? Was she hired before or after Carney left? If after then shouldn't Carney complain to the union?
Speaking of this morning news person, will someone please tell her to stop bobbing her head up and down while on-camera. She looks like one of those bobble-head figures that the Red Wings give away.
 
Some friends told me there was unflattering and untrue information written about me here over the past few months. So I'll write a few things that are true.

First, I got laid off. That's it. End of story.

Second, I love news and I loved working in news. I would fight for stories I believed in, I asked questions, and I cared...a lot! I was passionate about my job. I never called in sick, I never got "written up," and I had a good reputation with my colleagues, the community and our public officials. Every night for two years here in Rochester, I worked so hard to deliver factually-correct, interesting, well-written, and compelling news to the viewers. I started my own series of stories on unsolved murders, I came in earlier than my shift whenever asked, and I filled in on any shift I possibly could. Again, I love news and I loved working in news.

No matter what someone wrote before this, or what they might write after, THIS is the truth.

Lila
 
stayclassyrochester said:
Some friends told me there was unflattering and untrue information written about me here over the past few months. So I'll write a few things that are true.

First, I got laid off. That's it. End of story.

I love news and I loved working in news. I would fight for stories I believed in, I asked questions, and I cared...a lot! I was passionate about my job. I never called in sick, I never got "written up," and I had a good reputation with my colleagues, the community and our public officials. Every night for two years here in Rochester, I worked so hard to deliver factually-correct, interesting, well-written, and compelling news to the viewers. I started my own series of stories on unsolved murders, I came in earlier than my shift whenever asked, and I filled in on any shift I possibly could. Again, I love news and I loved working in news.
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You worked for an industry that at one time prided itself on real news coverage. Today news consists of traffic accidents, murders, vacant structure fires, and what ever results from a politician's news conference.
Don't look back on your experience at Channel 10 with any bitterness but consider it instead a life-learning lesson. Hopefully you will find a place of employment that still values the importance of local news. It will be difficult, especially in television, but there are still a few stations I'm sure where consultants haven't screwed things up just yet.
 
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