We only wish Surfer was outsourced instead...
Your beloved BeachGrit broke the news yesterday that Surfing Magazine, a beacon of American journalism, was possibly being outsourced to Indonesia. Wages there cost Surfing’s parent company, The Enthusiast Network, a fraction of what they do in the United States, healthcare costs are minimal and not expected to be subsidized, 401ks do not exist. It is, theoretically, a sound business move but heartbreaking none the less.
Today, the rumor has proven true. Web editor B. Buckley wrote on the Surfing homepage, “We are not leaving.” (read complete missive here) The staff is holed up in a villa, apparently, watching pirated movies but the fun won’t last long. It is assumed Buckley and crew will train the monkeys who sit high above Uluwatu to punch out video edits and almost funny words before being sent into the night like those who worked at Cisco Systems or Dell Computers.
It may look the same but it won’t exactly be the same. Alas, progress marches forward but we will, nevertheless, remember.
RIP Surfing Magazine. You were loved.
Can you attempt to write something resembling a news article that gives more details than just “the crew moved to Indo and that’s the end”? What does that really mean? How many were laid off? ETC!
All your clickbait are belong to BeachGrit.
Also shaming Surfer while praising Surfing is kinda like splitting hairs between which dead dog smells worse, right? I mean, I get the allegiance for nostalgia’s sake, but neither’s literary acumen is really something to run down to the pedestal market for, is it?
well said… or at least said.