Almost as Valuable as a Rave From Peter Travers
As part of the job cuts The New York Times Co. announced last month, the flagship paper will eliminate its Employee Assistance Program, the in-house counseling office most famous for attempting to assist employee Jayson Blair. The program's, director, Patricia Drew, received a buyout offer, and, in the Observer, Blair is rallying to her defense.
"I'd be dead right now without Pat Drew," he said. "I really believe my recovery from drug and alcohol abuse and mental illness would be a non-starter without ... an in-house E.A.P.
Can't imagine why they'd consider shuttering the program after a success story like that.
