Some employees say they were told they could access their emails during the layoff period. But, there was a catch.
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“There is no help,” the former employee said. “They are acting like they are trying to take care of us the best they can, and it’s absolutely false.” Gores said there was no intent to mislead over the size of the layoffs, saying the initial figure released was premature. People close to the company initially said more than 100 people were laid off. Billboard“In hindsight, we probably should not have let the media talk about a number until we really knew what it was,” Gores said.
“The Covid-19 pandemic has materially hampered and interrupted our business and is beyond our control or anything that our industry has experienced in the past,” wrote Jefferson Rogers, Paradigm’s vice president of human resources in a note to former employees that was obtained by The Times. “As a result, Paradigm is facing extreme difficulty, expense and loss.”
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