Post by reedonly on Oct 17, 2020 10:49:26 GMT -5
Here’s the statement from the team:
Yesterday was an extremely difficult day in our organization as we informed our employees that we are eliminating approximately 10 percent of full-time positions due to the unprecedented impact and continued uncertainty of the pandemic on our operations. These reductions include positions in both the business and baseball operations divisions. We are providing a number of employee support programs to those impacted employees, including severance, healthcare and outplacement assistance.
The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly reported that a large number of the layoffs are coming on the baseball development side, as the organization gears up for a season that will either see a strong reduction to Minor League Baseball, or a lack of it entirely.
Schulman posted that we lost two scouts. Taken by itself, this looks like the Giants are being cheap but a lot of teams all over baseball are cutting staff by as much as 25% because of the pandemic. Also, we are not sure if there will be a minor league season next year. I am hoping that a lot of cuts were people who were held on for sentimental reasons or extra front office staff but it may cause trouble if they cut into scouting and development. I'm not sure if they saved all that much money on the grand scheme of things, to be honest. I think they're being cheap-olas.
Yesterday was an extremely difficult day in our organization as we informed our employees that we are eliminating approximately 10 percent of full-time positions due to the unprecedented impact and continued uncertainty of the pandemic on our operations. These reductions include positions in both the business and baseball operations divisions. We are providing a number of employee support programs to those impacted employees, including severance, healthcare and outplacement assistance.
The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly reported that a large number of the layoffs are coming on the baseball development side, as the organization gears up for a season that will either see a strong reduction to Minor League Baseball, or a lack of it entirely.
Schulman posted that we lost two scouts. Taken by itself, this looks like the Giants are being cheap but a lot of teams all over baseball are cutting staff by as much as 25% because of the pandemic. Also, we are not sure if there will be a minor league season next year. I am hoping that a lot of cuts were people who were held on for sentimental reasons or extra front office staff but it may cause trouble if they cut into scouting and development. I'm not sure if they saved all that much money on the grand scheme of things, to be honest. I think they're being cheap-olas.