Where’s Everybody staff is given notice

Malta’s largest private television production company, Where’s Everybody, has handed termination notices to all its employees, Times of Malta has learnt. Sources close to the company said some 40 full-time employees and scores of part-timers were informed of the news last Friday and told by directors that their employment would cease in the first week of July. WE employees said they were given no specific reason why they were being laid off although they said the company had already told them it intended to use their services on a freelance basis. “We were expecting some changes following the change in government but this still came unexpectedly,” a TV producer said. When contacted, Where’s Everybody confirmed that employees were given notice. ­“As Where’s Everybody grew since its inception in 1999, the operational remit of each of its directors has become more specialised. “We are now simply formalising this process which entails the creation of new off-shoot companies reflecting these specialisations,” directors Lou Bondi and PJ Vassallo said in reply to questions. They said the notice given to their employees was part of this process and the employees who fit into the new...