{"id":361892,"date":"2020-05-12T13:15:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/?p=361892"},"modified":"2020-05-12T13:15:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:15:06","slug":"insomniac-furloughs-half-of-its-staff-it-is-our-full-intention-to-bring-those-team-members-back-says-rotella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2020\/05\/insomniac-furloughs-half-of-its-staff-it-is-our-full-intention-to-bring-those-team-members-back-says-rotella\/","title":{"rendered":"Insomniac furloughs half of its staff\u2014&#8217;It is our full intention to bring those team members back,&#8217; says Rotella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These have been troubling times for brands across the spectrum, but events producers have been under a special kind of hurt during the COVID-19 lockdowns\u2014and once quarantines end, the future looks bleak, or, rather weird, at best. Insomniac has done a commendable job <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2020\/05\/lockdown-livestream-guide-008-secret-sky-festival-gryffins-gravity-live-dreamstate-and-more-watch\/\">shifting to digital programming <\/a>in recent months, though they haven&#8217;t been able to avoid the worst parts of economic hardship, resulting in furloughing 50 percent of the company&#8217;s staff recently, totaling nearly 100 employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/dance\/9372148\/insomniac-furloughs-50-of-staff-amid-covid-19-crisis\">Billboard<\/a><\/em>, Insomniac&#8217;s CEO Pasquale Rotella explains, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cLike many other companies in our industry impacted by COVID-19, Insomniac made the difficult but necessary decision to furlough certain employees while we are unable to produce our shows.&#8221;<\/p><p>&#8220;It is our full intention to bring those team members back on board once events are allowed to occur again, and the business is in a position to support the additional staff.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Furloughed employees will also continue to receive medical benefits while on leave, according to Rotella. While certain Insomniac festival properties and club events have been cancelled outright, a number of events still remain booked, while flagship festival <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2020\/04\/edc-las-vegas-2020-has-officially-been-postponed-to-october\/\">EDC Las Vegas has been rescheduled <\/a>for later this year, lending hope to the idea that Insomniac may bounce back with a full staff before year&#8217;s end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featured image: Keiki Lani Knudsen<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Insomniac has not been a stranger to these tough times. 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