Black Thursday ... again.

Several Thursdays ago, we were bombed (not literally but the shrapnel was almost as real) ... our 'flagship' project was cancelled. A good number of people were working on that in the Dubai office as well as our sister office in Detroit. Sadly, word from the Detroit office last week was that many of their people were let go including one of the Architects that did a stint in Dubai in the summer.

Yesterday was not a happy day in the Dubai office, it was our turn to face the grim reaper. I haven't heard who all or how many but the grapevine says 15% to 20% across the board. The Design side of the office let go of 5 people, our side released only one (luckily) . I'm sure that next week will be grim as we start to notice other faces who are absent.