Avenue A | Razorfish employees get screwed by Microsoft
Employees at Avenue A | Razorfish, in Seattle and with offices around the world, just found out that they’re not in line for the normal Microsoft benefits.
“[W]e believe it is no longer tenable for us to attempt to treat all parts of our business the same. It would mean causing AA|RF to conform so closely to the software and media model as to make it non-competitive within its own industry,” Kokich wrote in the e-mail, which was obtained by The Seattle Times.
In Private discussion with a Avenue A | Razorfish employee yielded this statement.
“If they are not going to treat us like Microsoft Employees, then what’s the point of working for Microsoft”
Another Employee stated this to us:
Why not just put us on Minimum Wage? It’s where it’s heading anyway.
Overall, don’t be shocked to see a bunch of resumes hitting your desk from former Avenue A | Razorfish employees. From what we can tell, many of them are not happy.
Microsoft is a software company, not a advertising agency …. this was bound to happen.
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Hey, thanks for linking to my story. You can check out the full text of Clark Kokich’s email on my blog: http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/techtracks/archives/2007/12/avenue_a_employees_not_getting_microsoft_benefits.html
No Problem Benjamin .. I summited your full text to Digg.
um, people are happy that AARF is still managed independently and can maintain standards in the space they operate in.
that isn’t the story we are hearing.. many want the Microsoft benefits package…
Dec 10th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
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