Spoke with my Aquent contact today. Basically reiterating on what Jesse already said. Definitely sounds like they're changing some of their core practices based on what happened with Jesse and they are trying to work with him to better the situation. As I stated before I personally have had zero issues with them and…
My mind is blown by this... working in an industry where we're all 2 degrees of separation from each other easily leads to word being spread of companies treating hard working people like shit. I am appalled and sorry this happened to you man, on top of the stress of moving away from your family this was a kick to the…
Hey Jesse, I was so excited that you landed this gig, but man what happened is completely fucked up! how can a company treat someone like that? its just blows my mind of how arrogant some contract agencies are. I know its been a rough couple months and this happening is just a slight bump in the road, I hope everything…
holy crap man... Is it legal for them to make a contract for a gig that is not even approved or even exists? You would think people like this would do their work properly and offer a job that is in the market and that is actually a demand from MS. They actually told you to get there in a hurry and you did, only to put you…
So ok... Some of you guys have read some of this on facebook but I wanted to share this with the community JUST IN CASE some of you decide to go the same route I went. I was offered a position as a contract 3d artist with Microsoft on the Kinect team working through Aquent as a contractor. I was sent all the appropriate…