We watched the bizarre video Cirque du Soleil's CEO used to fire thousands of employees.
At noon today, Daniel Lamarre, president and CEO of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, circulated a video among employees informing 95 percent of them that they are now unemployed, according to multiple newly laid-off employees who say they received an email containing a link to theAccording to a newly laid-off employee who did not wish to be named, staffers got an email Wednesday night advising them to expect an “important announcement” at noon today.
“The tone was just weird,” the source says, “especially [from] a man I’ve met like once wearing Bono sunglasses.”In the past week, Cirque du Soleil, which also owns Blue Man Group and V-Star Entertainment, hasits shows in Las Vegas and around the world due to coronavirus. Following the show closures, part-time and contract employees, which include everyone from ushers to aerialists, according to the source, were told they would be notified when their jobs were once again available.
Lamerra disconnected the line following his monologue, leaving employees, many of whom had been working with the company for over a decade, stunned.And while coronavirus layoffs have impacted many, leaving workers scrambling without a source of income beyond unemployment, an impersonal video emailed to employees around the globe and conference call link for a select few seems like a particularly heartless way to break the news to the thousands of people Lamarre refers to as “family.
“In these difficult times,” Lamarre told the viewers just learning they will be without employment for the foreseeable future, “the most important thing will be to stay connected with each other” before encouraging those with login credentials to visit an employee website for updates.
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