Sympathy to Ex-T3ers

I heard that T3 might have done another round of layoffs earlier this week. Losing your job sucks. I’m really sorry for anyone who lost their job at T3 recently.

Best of Luck.

More Layoffs at T3

“T3 is laying off more today. That’ll make over 100 people in the past year, and close to 60 since November IN THREE DIFFERENT ROUNDS. You’d think they’d be smart enough to project their staffing needs and do it at once.

For a Think Tank, they sure aren’t very smart.”

Source = anonymous tipster via our anonymous tip form

Lunchtime update 2/23/09 – “30 people according to aquent” via anonymous tip form.

Late-night update 2/23/09 – Ad agency T3 slims down again

More Anonymous T3 News

“Coming soon: More T3 lay offs. They lost JCPenney; don’t let them tell you anything else.”

I have no idea if this is true, but I’m hoping someone at T3 can make a comment in regards.

T3 Austin = More Layoffs?

I really don’t like reporting on layoffs. I’ve been laid off and I’ve been fired. I also get anonymous tips and this blog is in the “business” of reporting what is happening in the ad world.

I got these tips today:

“Rumor has it that T3 is laying off 60 people today. That’s a lot. It’s probably your fault for posting those videos. ;)”

“T3 doing layoffs today. Not sure on a body count yet.”

“T3 body count at 5 so far. San Fran office getting hit harder, no word on it yet.”

‘T3 had yet another layoff today. Not sure if its a sign of an impending client leaving of what, but atleast 5 people for sure have gotten the axe from the Austin office and a decent chunk of the San Francisco office is no longer bringing in the cash for Gay Gaddis.

They received a 2 weeks severance deal and all remaining employees are said to have to take a paycut. I’m certain the paycut doesn’t apply to the favorites of the company, or the favored CEO herself. One would like to know if the famed $60K birthday bash will still be taking place in April?”

Gay Gaddis’ Quote in the Austin Business Journal:

“As 2009 budgets are reviewed, clients are cutting back and we are adjusting accordingly to meet their needs,” said Gay Gaddis, president and founder of T3, in a statement. “T3 is committed to helping our clients navigate this tough economy and help them get the most out of every dollar spent.”

T3 Looks Towards the Future

I look forward to your comments on this one.

Update: Friday 1-23-09

Looks like T3 took the video down. Here’s a screen shot of one scene to prove that it did exist:

Update #2:

Someone sent us these screen shots from the video

Update #3:

I now have a copy of the now-removed-from-YouTube video…
T3 Looks Towards the Future (Part 3)

Update #4:

Adomatica’s Take on T3’s Look Towards the Future

T3 April Fools’ Day Party 2008 Update

So, I went to T3’s April Fools’ Day party last night. I had heard about their April 1st parties, put together to celebrate CEO Gay Gaddis’ birthday, for quite some time and was lucky enough to get an invite. This year’s theme was Arabian Nights and this manifested itself with hookahs, belly dancers, and Baba Ghanoush….oh, I almost forgot the very Arabic Shiner Bock…come on…Shiner is at least sorta east of Austin.

The highlight of the evening was getting a chance to chat with T3’s, SVP of Creative Services & Account Planning, Jay Suhr. You might recall that Jay is a major award winner. Jay now also holds the honor of being the first person to call me an “agency spy” to my face. I think he was joking around…or at least I hope he was as he also mentioned something about having me “sacrificially thrown out” of the party. Well, I wasn’t thrown out and I was also able to say hello to several other T3ers I have befriended over the years.

Thanks to Gay and Lee Gaddis for putting on such a nice party and for keeping the T3 ship afloat all these years. I could tell from the partying clients and team members that they really have built a happy family.

Want the scoop on the T3 layoffs?

I just got word that, Austin-based ad agency, T3 (The Think Tank) laid-off some folks yesterday. This has got to be connected to Dell’s move to WPP’s Da Vinci (some say the new agency will actually be named Schematic).

From my “insider”: “Lots of people got canned yesterday. Pretty juicy stuff.”

Here’s what I’ve found out so far:

Reason for layoffs? “Due to the Dell account loss.”

How many? “Over 20”

Who/ What roles? “Mostly Coordinators, but also one in PR.”

Any other interesting tidbits?
“Threatening talk of enforcing non-compete contracts i.e. ex-T3ers not allowed to work for another agency on Dell account and Gay Gaddis’ annual birthday party is still on.”