Trouble up at Mill

[akaihyo]

Things are rough up in AEG town with a lot of unanticipated staff layoffs, including Rob Vaux who was supervising the project I was working on.

John Zinser, the company president, posted this open letter on the AEG site (which was pulled down the next day and I could not find on the AEG site last I looked):

October 18th, 2005

Dear Friends,

This has been a very sad day for AEG. Changes in our industry, especially a major decline in the number of hobby gaming retailers over the past several months, combined with increasing costs for paper and printing, have forced me to implement major changes at AEG. In response to these changes in the market, today I implemented a series of cost saving measures which included substantially downsizing our workforce.

I am making these changes today because AEG is a strong and healthy company and delaying these actions any further would undermine that strength, and that is a risk I will not take. AEG is in the process of being retooled as a tighter, refocused company – one that will be able to continue to deliver excellent service and a quality gaming experience.

To everyone affected by today’s events, I extend my most heartfelt sympathies. Our thoughts and best wishes go with those who are leaving. I wish them the best of luck in all their future endeavors.

Sincerely,

John Zinser
CEO, Alderac Entertainment Group

There is further, if brief, news at ICV2.

The long and the short of it is, that all of the work I did for them earlier in the year may be for naught but a kill fee . . .

Comments

[forvrin.livejournal.com]

So no Creatures of Rokugan, or no Largest City?

[akaihyo.livejournal.com]

Maybe both. But it was the organizer of the WLC who was downsized.

[lesingesavant.livejournal.com]

Dang, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope your projects just get shuffled about and reassigned. Might not have the editorial interaction your were hoping for, but maybe, just maybe, you can get paid and published. Fingers crossed.