IPLY still afloat?

Seriously, Im not sure how leans work in Cali, but it could seriously fuck them up since theyve yet to file CH13 protection.
 
Apparently some of the employees have found another deputy commissioner that actually returns phone calls and was not aware of the situation. Perhaps this new person will be able to get the ball rolling a bit better. As of right now just about everyone is in the dark.

-Dec
 
Cheers! :ok:

Hope everything works out A LOT faster and smoother for you guys now.
 
We'll see. Either way I don't think it's going to be a quick process, and it's certainly isn't going to be pretty.

-Dec
 
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We'll see. Either way I don't think it's going to be a quick process, and it's certainly isn't going to be pretty.

-Dec
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What? Not going to be quick, really? Damn the laws in the States really suck, I can't understand how Herve can get away with this crap.

I hope you guys really nail him for this, if that fails we could debate other plans :twisted:
 
Sitting in my boss's office at Interplay one day, I was told the French - Titus - were taking over. I laughed and told him that it was a mistake. Nobody believed me.

Not to long ago, before the juggernaut of Vivendi darkened our shores, I worked for Cendant Software. Cendant was the maker of such fine titles as Reading Blaster and Spelling Blaster. Cendant sold their entire software line to Vivendi, and the french masters renamed the company Havas Interactive.

The wonderful french thought it would be grand idea to convert all hourly employees to salary so they could avoid paying over time.

When employees complained to the labor board, Havas was fined heavily, in the million dollar plus range, and told to pay all back overtime. The french never paid the fines, and only paid 25% of the back over time claiming lost records. The lost records story was a big lie. I was the record keeper (at least for my department) and supplied both the labor board and Havas with those records. The frogs also never bothered to even send a representative to court. It seems that french arrogance knows no limits.

And people ask me why I hate and refuse to work for the french.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=dev&aid=3715
 
Well, that blows.

It'd be funny (though unlikley, as well as ossibly carrer damaging) if all the programers sabatoged their work just as several major projects were almost complete.

They could say the missing data must be with their missing timesheets.
 
Wow. I mean I knew Caen was bad and had a feeling they all were but I didn't know it was so wide spread. Maybe it's their perverse for of compensation for being so inadequate in world affairs.
 
Kotario said:
How did it end Corith? After they didn't appear in court?
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All those who filed with the labor board got anywhere from 25% to 33%. Nobody, to the best of my knowledge, got all they were due. Likewise, at the time of my departure from Havas, they had not yet paid the fines incurred, nor had they as of last year. It fair, it could be because of a long appellate process, but I no longer care.
 
Doubtful. He's already pulling down two salaries at the moment. One for being the CEO and one for being the CFO. At least that's what i've heard from those who took the time to comb through all of the filings.

-Dec
 
Ozrat said:
Exactly how long were you guys working without being paid for the overtime?
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The Havas case reached court in little over a year. Depending on your job position, and how dedicated you where, it was possible to really rack up a some numbers. I heard, but I could never confirm, one lead (it was a QA lab) was due over $10,000 in back over time counting time-and-half, and double-time.

Oh, I forgot. How this all got started with Havas. Because the lab ran on a 6 day work week, some people had days off during the middle of the week. The director of QA decreed that if your normal day off fell on a holiday, you were not entitled to any type of additional pay, nor would you receive an alternative day off. HR promptly solved the issue by refusing to pay holiday pay for days listed in the employee manual, with no prior notice, for everybody.

The truth about wage, overtime, and salary came to light when several people checked with the labor board if the company could do either.

I often wonder if Havas had just paid the holiday pay how long it would have continued? A few thousand dollars in holiday pay would have saved the company a lot more.

There is an important lesson there. A little bit of money to keep employees happy, can save you a lot. Herve would have done well to know that lesson. A few phone calls would have saved him tons of money.

After talking with many of my former Interplay employees, we all pretty much aggree that something like . . .
"Umm, I am really sorry guys, but I have to let you go because I can't pay you. I don't know when I will be able too. I don't even have the money to pay your acrued vacation. But, I will get it to you eventually, you just have to be paitent. I'll keep you all posted via email, so make sure I have your current address."
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would have prevented many of the lawsuits. Communication is free, the lawsuits will not be.

Hell, if he emailed me and said,
"I'm sorry, but since we are really at rock bottom, and there was so little going on during the final days, I need to pay all the back pay hourly, even if you were salary. Can you please stop by and confimed your hours with me and your supervisor?"
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I would have been quiet.
 
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