Sun Media

A typical day would be me getting started about an hour before the rest of the department comes in. This allows me to read over the logs from the previous shift to see if there are any breakdowns or ongoing issues. From there I prioritize the days maintenance activities. If there are issues that take priority the guys will be assigned the work, otherwise they will continue with the pms that have been assigned to them at the beginning of the week.
  Having come from a fast paced automotive environment there has been a culture change as well as a steep learning curve. With the printing industry declining in volume there is little interest in continuous improvements. I have learned a lot about heating and cooling systems and aging infrastructure in a 55 year old building that is full of asbestos. This means contracting abatement to contractors before repairs can be safely completed. 
  My coworkers have been valuable to my success and have mentored me along the way.
  The hardest part of the job has been knowing that because of the facility closing there will be no improvements or future here.
  I have totally enjoyed learning the printing industry, the different types of equipment and how the systems I have learned in another industry can be used in this one.

I saw it in the Sun! Hmmm, are we talking about online app, website or publication? Constantly have to reinvent yourself and stay ahead of the revenue curve. Print media is just thriving with domination of web-based content and services being centralized and consolidated. There is no typical day in I.T...one day fixing old PC and configuring it for an end user and another day trying to resolve remote server issues by email and telephone with a out-of-province data center. The great thing is you can learn from other co-workers with different specialties and everyday is different. The hard part is to know where to draw the line when it comes to budget, time and money for machines and resources. Sometimes troubleshooting can takes a few minutes or several days so have to be patient and persistent. The most enjoyable part is you get job satisfaction for helping others and sometimes a few perks and reward for a job well done. Also there is an opportunity to travel and see new places.

Taking call's from customer who has not yet received there daily paper or would like to make a creadit pard payment or would like information regarding promo and regulier rate.
Working for Sun Media has thaught me to be calm and pation will get me further in the long run.
Working there for six years I have incountered many manager witch i have made friends and got allong with.
Many co-workers in such a big industry many of them i have grown very faund of, everyone was very suportive and good team work was allways the key.
Serving twenty one provinces was challenging to remember at times if we where abel to offer redelivery the same day in there area of there news paper or not.
The part i enjoyed the most was to see how loyal my regulier customer where to me, only wanting for me to service them.

As a newspaper carrier I was paid per house on an assigned route, deliveries occurred once per week. The pay was something like 10 cents per house on the route, which amounted to about $15 per week for a 150 house route. This was occasionally augmented by cash bonuses for seniority but the pay never really covered the 2-4 hours required for deliveries. Management was never seen in person, when I was hired papers and instructions were delivered to my door and audits were occasionally performed to insure the deliveries were completed. The one redeeming factor was that workers had freedom to decide what day (either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday) to deliver the weekly Smart Shopper.

Sun Media allowed me to advance from a freelance employee to a respectful Associate Producer, capable of working in all area's of the newsroom. Each day was based on building a 2 hour live current affairs program, which I contributed by suggesting stories, guests for segments, writing scripts, and assembling all video and graphic elements.

Editorially, I was responsible for selecting appropriate elements which would effectively convey each story. I networked with industry leaders on a daily basis and trained new staff appointed to work in production. 

The people I worked with were insightful and engaging. I owe a lot of what I learned to them.

Sun media is a good place to have a job whether it be your only job or even a job on the side it works. The salary goes right into your bank account so you don't have to worry about going to pick up a check and then when your on your way to the bank to deposit it you lose it or cant find it. Working for Sun Media can also help you if you wanna get fit and exorcise because unless you have a car, you will have to walk or bike which is really good cardio especially if you get a lot of routes.

It a company that is going down and management looks like they like making employees miserable , they do not work with employees to help with there life out side of work but if it helps them they will do it do not recommend working here it is micro managed until there is nothing to manage

I really enjoyed working with the staff in my office and our group of newspaper offices across Southern Alberta. I learned a great deal about office management, preparing payroll, budgeting etc.The hardest part of this job was worrying about job security, layoffs were semi-annual.

Sun Media  was a fun place to work.  I very much enjoyed working with the  customers and my co workers, I looked forward to going to work each and every day. The only reason I am not working for the company any longer is my position was eliminated.

The newspaper chain provide great opportunities to engage in creative endeavors and meet with interesting and exciting people. Wide variety of tasks was appealing. Out of province management provided frustrations of not having direct access to them. Downsizing was in full swing and I soon found my staff of 9 cut down to 2.

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