Thread regarding Thomson Reuters layoffs

Slow dissolution of a once great company.

Thoughts go out to those that are losing their jobs. Not a nice situation, but you will bounce back.

I worked for Reuters in the early and late 90's in London. I left but stayed in the same business in the City, same field of market data, and watched from the sidelines the slow demise of what was once a great, top 100 company. In the 90's we felt proud to say we worked for Reuters. Been in pretty much every dealing room in the City and it had a certain status. There was always some banter between us and the 'yellow cable' Bloombergers but over the years whilst BBG has grown from strength to strength in terms of product quality and coverage, I've watched Reuters (I still refuse to call it TR or now Refinitiv) slip further and further into the background, whilst employees and their customers are treated with ambivalence. It's very obvious to see from the sidelines.

Paul Julius Reuter must be turning in his grave watching how his leading company has been trashed into an 'also ran' by vultures with no idea of how the business really works at the coal face. I suspect when the 30 year promise on the media side evaporates that'll be the end of it, and it will be another Marconi - just another entry in the innovation history books, and just a statue left on a plinth in the City.

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It is months mainframe, whereas the world has moved to Smart devices. Slow death. It was going to happen if you don't innovate.

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Post ID: @ylt+VIshI1y

I joined in the Reuters hayday and we were proud of who we worked for. Then the acquisition happened and the pride definitely waned but I could at least justify working here to myself by looking at the great work the journos and foundation do. Then we got Blackstoned and all of that went away. I'm thankfully on the exit list. I'm glad I'm getting the kick in the butt I need to move on and that I'll get paid for leaving a company that means nothing to me anymore. It's just sad that it's come to this.

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History is repeating - so you remember the highs of Nokia and Blackberry?

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Post ID: @xix+VIshI1y

Sad but true. The Reuters name (and the Thomson Reuters to follow) on your CV definitely isn't the status symbol it used to be. If anything, if there's not much else on you CV it could work against you (in many, but not all cases).

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