Layoffs...
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- olli101
Ok agency types...anyone showing signs of downsizing at the moment? We're seeing a little bit here in London but nothing drastic so far.
- BaskerviIle0
I'm in London too. My agency has had two rounds of layoffs already, luckily I've survived this far
- 23kon0
print will be the first to get hit likes
- rodzilla0
In Ohio we've had 9 people laid off. only about 50-70 people working here.
- only!!Dancer
- there were only 13 designers. 3 got laid off. the rest were part of other departments. lay offs are terrible.rodzilla
- 50 to 70? how many are there?mimeartist_com
- sorry, I must not have worded any of my statement correctly. 9 people laid off total. We have 50-70 in the comapnyrodzilla
- probably closer to 50 nowrodzilla
- what company? Resource? Engauge? Shift? Integrate?rainman
- Mcdonalds?kuttyranks
- Not Resource. We laid off 15 or so earlier this year. None since.ChankD
- SkyPoo0
I contacted an old friend about two weeks ago who works (or rather, worked) at Identica. They have apparently been strimming the workforce down on a regular basis to keep the wolf from the door. My friend was one of the next wave to be jettisoned that very week, its now a very small company by comparison to its heyday, or so I'm told.
- Fariska0
I'm in a pretty small company and we have clients which are unrelated to finance and real estate. And we're pitching way more work than we can allow to do to keep the whole thing ok. Things seems ok for the next year.
- Jimbo820
I'm in London and work for a company of about 30 people, is there an order to these things? Like a last in first out basis? We've got 4 free lancers working for us at the moment, one assumes they'll be first if the shit hits the fan. We had a meeting the other day where the MD told us all that next year is going to be tough and we're going to be looking for more work overseas. Things aren't looking too great, still, it could be worse, we could be bankers!
- Usually when layoff due to financial issues happen its last in - first out, and lose freelancers...ximeraLabs
- auejim0
i have heard about 3 companies lay off people last week in london so I imagine this is the start.
- olli1010
Jimbo82 - yeah, the freelancers were the first to go with us. Perms are unaffected.
- emecks0
It's not all bad news, I've got more work thanks to the credit crunch :D
- scribbler0
Actually freelancers will probably do well in times like this. My last company I worked for made a load of redundancies (including me) in the last economic slowdown. They still kept on a load of freelancers because apparently the bank preferred that to full-timers as things were more flexible.
- in some countries freelancers fees are tax deductable while salaries are not.emecks
- but then again some dolphins live in rivers.emecks
- most of them are fucked these dayskelpie
- what dolphins? I thought they were doing OK.scribbler
- not as fucked as whales, they've got this hole on their skulls which must be a right headfuck.emecks
- headfuck indeed. infact quite possible.scribbler
- CyBrain0
I'm in NYC and work for a small ad agency, about 50 people. Business seems good. We picked up about three new clients last month. I'm crossing my fingers.
- JazX0
The first to go. Marketing and who generally supports marketing teams? Developers, Designers, PM's, etc. Snip, snip.
- Stugoo0
same here 3 layed off in 2 days.
good thing is that if your company survies this then you'll get more work when it clears up.
- kelpie0
heard of a few prestigious places round here that have had to trim their workforce. We're small and digitally focused and as far as I know its not happening here. fingers crossed
- thumb_screws0
I'm in a small company in London and our bread and butter work isn't finance related so think we should be ok up till early next year.
Agree with print being hit hard, the amount of cold calls from printers the last few weeks has shot up drastically.
- Same here, loads of printers calling in to have a chat and drum up business. Last year, none dropped in at all.ian
- neue75_bold0
daft punk is playing at my house...
- sorry, wrong thread.neue75_bold
- it helped lighten the mood!scribbler
- scribbler0
Yeah, I had a printer quote on a job for me and two of his suppliers had gone bust. It's abit scary. i'm on a 6 month contract and I'm worried about what I'll do at the end of it. I'm hoping they'll keep me on.
- ornj0
fine and dandy here, we have a few clients in the financial sector but they all avoided the subprime bullshit. Heard Arnold's office up in boston axed quite a few or at least is planning to.
- kezza_20
Well I'm looking for 5-6 art directors and designers for my team in London. + Copywriters + IA's + PMs + AD's. About 12 people in all.
Spread the word and fire through your cv to me