Two weeks after announcing a massive restructuring that required employees in the editorial and advertising departments to reapply for their jobs, Gannett-owned Journal News is completing its transition this week.

The paper's publisher Michael Fisch told Gannetoid.com, a blog that covers all things Gannett, that those employees who chose not to participate in the re-applying process would be meeting with human resources today to get their transition pay packets. According to Fisch, those employees who opted out will either be leaving the company today or Friday.

The restructuring efforts were aimed at cutting the advertising department by 20 positions, while the editorial division lost 50 spots. If you're going through this, either as someone reapplying or opting out, leave a comment or send us an email.

If you want to read more about this depressing process, after the jump you can see the memo sent by Fisch to the staff today, acquired by Gannetoid.

Earlier: Gannett-Owned Paper's Restructuring Requires Staffers To Reapply For Jobs

We are continuing the process of restructuring which I communicated earlier this month.

This week we are completing the restructuring in advertising and the Information Center. A number of employees in these two areas made a personal decision to voluntarily opt out of the restructure process and they are being provided their transition pay packets today, and most will leave today.

We have also begun the process of notifying employees in these two departments whether they are being offered a position in the restructured organization or not. These discussions begin today and will likely continue into tomorrow.

Those employees not being offered a position in the new structure will be allowed to leave based on departmental needs. Those employees leaving either voluntarily or not will be provided a transitional pay package, and they will be paid through August 28th.

I want to thank each of these individuals for the contributions they have made to our organization. These are difficult times, and we wish each of them success in their future endeavors.

Mike Fisch