After Months of Struggle, Architecture Firm RMJM Still Unable to Pay Its Hong Kong Employees

Following now three full months of press about angry emails fired off to the whole company by disgruntled employees, staff layoffs and exits by principals, and lawsuit threats by their own subsidiaries, mega-architecture firm RMJM seems to still be having trouble. This despite a financial bailout issued last month to the tune of £8 million. The Scotsman reports that it still hasn’t been able to pay anyone at its office in Hong Kong and not for the whole of March either:

Gordon Hood, managing principal of the Hong Kong office, told staff: “I had hoped that my first e-mail to the studio would contain more positive news, and that, after the month of change and disruption that we have just experienced, management would be able to ensure that March salaries would be paid to all staff on time.

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