It’s pretty much common knowledge in the blogosphere that Gawker Media employees like to bitch about their work and pay conditions. Each and every blogger in the network, it seems, has complained at one point or another about the number of blog postings their blog boss Nick Denton requires of them per day (what is it, like 8?).

And don’t get them started on their salaries! It was publicized in the New York Times Magazine in 2004 that Wonkette founding editor Ana Marie Cox started out making a paltry 18K, which sort of explains why she quickly jumped the shark to the mainstream folds of TIME magazine in 2006. Current top editors at Gawker pull in about 70K, with bonuses, but that’s not enough to make many of them happy, which partially explains why one of Gawker’s best media writers Doree Shafrir is leaving for the New York Observer this week.

Which brings us to poor, overworked Alex Pareene and Ken Layne at Wonkette — who, insiders speculate are making a bit less than 70K, but, let’s face it, are they really worth more than a bit less than 70K?

Layne apparently thinks so. In a late post on Gawker yesterday regarding Denton’s rigid rulership, Layne commented to Gawker managing editor Choire Sicha,  “OK choire I completely don’t understand this. Is there a coded message in there about me getting fired? PLEASE??”

Ha, Layne’s pulling a funny! He really wants to be fired from Wonkette because he hates it there, see? Even though after he was previously fired in 2006 by Denton when Gawker was forced to shutter an unpopular blog Layne edited called Sploid, he tried with all his might to secure a new job with Wonkette. And, with a few kisses sent Denton’s way, he got it!

There’s a lesson here, Ken. Be careful what you wish for, or just shut the eff up.

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