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A dot-com storm blew through this city last week, leaving scores of staffers at The Voltage Factory, 360i and other interactive shops out in the cold.
“We’ve had people working at the dot-coms laid off,” said Amy Hoover, vice president of recruiting at the Talent Zoo in Atlanta. “Now, it’s the agencies working on the dot-coms firing people.”
Agency sources and interviews with the newly unemployed confirmed that The Voltage Factory (established by former WestWayne Atlanta interactive staffers led by managing partner Gerry Brewer) dismissed 50 percent of its workers.
“Like a lot of companies, we got caught up in a frenzy of startup firms,” said Brewer.
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