We are just now getting Ads paginated. Some news copy desk staff has been hired full-time temporary for six months or a year in the past, but that is rare. We get little training now, however, the company has made training one of its major initiatives this year and is building a training room for the staff to use. In news, copy editors usually work five nights a week with split days off. In sports, we usually work 5-8 days straight with split days off.
Extra pages are okay.