TORONTO -- A Canadian retailer that specializes in engraved gifts suddenly fired all of its store associates and most head office employees on Thursday, giving them less than 24 hours' notice and leaving customers with newly-engraved items in the lurch.
“I engraved an engagement ring last night. There’s a memorial plate for someone’s funeral,” said Syndey Bloom, 20, a manager at an Ottawa location who was terminated Thursday night.
“Some people were able to come by, some didn’t. Whatever was left there, I’m not too sure what’s going to happen to it.”
According to its website, Things Engraved has 73 locations at malls across Canada. It’s unclear how many employees were fired.
In letters sent to store associates and head office employees obtained by CTVNews.ca, CEO Shawn Brock wrote that they were being terminated immediately “as a result of financial difficulties over the last few years.”
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