Breaking : Ogilvy fires another 40

May 8, 2009

Parker is reporting that another 40 people have been shown the door at Ogilvy and that Dave Apicella has been fired and Chris Wall has been demoted.

Of course the story is developing… but we got an independent confirmation that more firings have taken place in the company.. our source will not verify the named employees above or the number… but just that “we had to let more people go”.

Story is developing.. and from our understanding.. the problems are running deeper than the recession.

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