Sakadakis to retire after 29 Years with News Corp

News Corp is getting ready to farewell one of its longest-serving employees in WA, with National Sales Coordinator Barbara Sakadakis (pictured) set to retire on July 28 after 29 years with the company.

Sakadakis commenced her News Corp journey in 1988 in the classified phone room at The Courier-Mail in Brisbane.

“The computers we had then were very old and big, and we used black bakelite head phones. When you found a set you could hear with, you held onto it!” 

She came to Perth in 1992 to relieve on a 12-month maternity contract and has never looked back, making her home here.  She has witnessed immense change over her years with News Corp, including 10 different managers and 3 buildings.

News Corp WA Group Sales Manager Marissa McNish said it was the end of an era.

“Many people in the Perth industry remember Barb as the first person they dealt with when they started their careers. She will be sorely missed in this office and in the industry but we wish her all the very best for her next chapter, travelling the world and spending more time with her family.”