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Friday, May 27, 2005

More Layoffs at EMP

Posted by on May 27 at 12:48 PM

Amy found this one in Thursday’s edition of the P-I. It’s credited to “staff,” and the link is here.

“Experience Music Project has eliminated or consolidated at least five staff positions as a result of a restructuring plan from February, its spokeswoman confirmed yesterday.
Paige Prill declined to describe what the employees, who received notice yesterday, did for the interactive music museum. She said the number is around 2 percent of the staff, which is about 250. While some left yesterday, others will depart in the near future.
“This is part of our process to become more efficient as a non-profit organization,” said Prill.
Sources, who asked not to be identified, said the cuts could be as high as nine people. They are not being named because they are museum employees who have signed non-disclosure agreements.
“This place is a very messed-up place to work,” said one source. “I still believe in it … but the management makes me incensed.”
The source believes employees who are leaving include curatorial and event booking staff.
Another source said the staff cuts were described as layoffs. “I was fairly surprised only because we were told so many times that there would be no further layoffs,” said the person, referring to staff cuts last year.
Prill said EMP is hiring two senior staff members and promoting two current employees.”