Cox Auto Trader Makes Strategic Moves to Improve Online Automotive Advertising Business

[Firings]

I heard the company was pretty serious about the letter mentioned by "Cox Employee No Longer" and fired a couple people including that guy DP mentioned before. I wonder if they'll fight their unemployment, too.

 

[Ex Auto Trader Pub. Employee]

They say there's a generous severance package, but I don't think 2 weeks is anything! One rep only worked with us 3 months and she got 2 weeks. I was there 2 yrs. and I got 2 weeks!
2 weeks is NOT generous.

 

[don carlson]

Former independent contractor: I am totaly ticked off at this outfit. I have been with them close to 3 years. They say they are continuing to print auto trader and truck trader but cut out our jobs of delivering them to the stores? Is our severance pay 2 weeks more than our check or what? Please help me out with a answer. Thanks

 

[Longtime Cox/Traderpub employee]

The severance packages are supposed to be 1 week for every year. I was with the company for 8 years, but only got 7 weeks, go figure. Not only that, but my weekly pay is going to be LESS than what I was making. This is because its based on the last 12 months average pay. I made quite a bit less in 08 than before because last year my management position was eliminated and I was moved to a much lesser paying job. I have also heard that managers get 2 weeks for every year. I have not been able to verify that yet. So, once again I got screwed because I didnt get 2 weeks considering I used to be a manager, I just got 1. AS far as contractors, I cant see where there would be any severance there. Those guys are out of luck. What area is this that Don Carlson is talking about them not delivering the books anymore?

 

[firings]

it is pretty quiet abot the DP guy and his sidkick TB. One of you know the details about this

 

[Longtime Cox/Traderpub employee]

Oh yea, just looked, guess its a min of 2 weeks pay. So we hired a couple of people who were there maybe 2-3 months. Guess they got 2 weeks as well. Does not seem fair.

Firing: Who is DP and TB?

 

[Eliminated?]

Can anyone list all the publications that cox eliminated? Title by Title of publications - I have been getting conflicting reports.

 

[Longtime Cox/Traderpub employee]

Its supposedly just auto extra and auto mart. Although in our market we also have a classified publication that is supposed to be going away. My guess would be anything that is NOT auto or truck trader is going away.

 

[don carlson]

I am delivering in Northwest Indiana. All Cox trader publicatons will end you will be delivering nothing but 3rd party . Auto trader, truck trader,commercial& heavy equipment, rv trader, boat cycle &rv trader, classic car, chevy and corvette trader, ford and mustang trader, also aero,yaght,milstone series and racing ( All monthly and weekly cox publications) is what they told us

 

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