Athletic World Advertising closes
About 125 Athletic World Advertising employees are likely pretty ticked off right now.
All employees at the Fayetteville branch were called together yesterday afternoon and were told that that the entire business will be closing for good.
Besides being told not to come into work anymore, employees were also told they might not receive their final paychecks.
“One paycheck is a lot. I have a 3-year-old daughter. I have bills. My whole life surrounded around this job,” said Ben Krum.
A few weeks ago, a similar company, Game On, purchased AWA’s assets but according to 40/29, they’re not currently returning any phone calls.
Does anybody know if these folks will be retained by Game On?
[Via 4029tv.com]
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Total Bastard
October 9, 2008
Some of those people could be put to work bottling water…
reed
October 11, 2008
In lieu of final paychecks, a PT Cruiser will be given to a randomly selected name from the defunct payroll.
piplo
October 11, 2008
I too worked for AWA. There was such tensions there I ended calling it, ‘The isle of a thousand cold shoulders.’ But, it wasn’t all bad. I did make a couple of really good friends from my co-workers.