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title: 'Unfortunate news: Vidoop reports another layoff [Updated]'
date: '2009-05-12T11:09:34-07:00'
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# Unfortunate news: Vidoop reports another layoff [Updated]

I hate reporting this stuff, but I just caught wind of another layoff at Portland-based [Vidoop](http://vidoop.com).

According to a [post on the Vidoop blog](http://blog.vidoop.com/2009/05/company-update/):

> The reality of the current economic climate and its impact on our target market (Financial Services) has unfortunately required a reduction in staff. Saying goodbye to loyal members of the Vidoop family has been one of the toughest decisions for myself and our management team, particularly following the announcement we made last November. The impact of the economic downturn has drastically lengthened the sales cycle for new technology, so we are proactively reshaping our cost and channel structure to ensure we can continue to deliver services to clients and ride out this more hostile environment.

I don’t have any word yet on who was let go or the extent of the layoffs. (See UPDATE 3 below)

Vidoop brought a great deal of talent to town [when they moved from Tulsa](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/06/13/why-portland-amy-winkelman-says-hi-vidoop-welcome-to-portland/ "Welcome to Portland Vidoop"). It would behoove us to make sure that that talent remains here in town.

So, if you’ve been affected by the Vidoop layoffs, please let us know so that we can help find you something else to do.

**\[UPDATE 1\]**

Portland-based [CubeSpace](http://cubespacepdx.com/ "CubeSpace") is already responding to the call. Any Vidoop employee affected by the layoff is [entitled to a one month free membership](http://twitter.com/CubeSpacePDX/status/1776955063 "Laid off Vidoop employees get one month free") at the popular coworking space.

**\[UPDATE 2\]**

Adam Lowry reports that there are two folks, in particular, who need immediate assistance:

[![adam-lowry-vidoop-layoffs](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/adam-lowry-vidoop-layoffs.jpg?resize=600%2C300 "Adam Lowry on the Vidoop layoffs")](http://twitter.com/robotadam/status/1777067088)

**\[UPDATE 3\]**

From the [sounds of things on Twitter](http://search.twitter.com/search?q=vidoop "Vidopp on Twitter"), the majority of the Vidoop staff was let go, including the DiSo team of [Chris Messina](http://twitter.com/chrismessina "Chris Messina") and [Will Norris](http://willnorris.com "Will Norris") who [joined Vidoop roughly one year ago](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/05/14/vidoop-secures-messina-and-norris/ "Vidoop secures Messina and Norris"). On the upside, it looks like [Norris will be relocating from San Francisco to Portland](http://willnorris.com/2009/05/bigger-and-better-things "Will Norris moving to Portland").

[Mike Rogoway](http://twitter.com/rogoway "Mike Rogoway") at *The Oregonian* [covered the layoffs](http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2009/05/vidoop_cuts_stand_out_amid_a_q.html "Vidoop cuts stand out"), as well. Unfortunately, he hasn’t received any additional information about the severity of the cuts, either.

A source with knowledge of the situation reports that only seven members of the Vidoop staff remain, three of whom are engineers.

One fan of the Vidoop team from their former hometown of Tulsa \[Corrected per [Will Norris’ comment](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/05/12/unfortunate-news-vidoop-reports-layoff/#comment-7570 "WIll Norris' comment")\] One of the Vidoop team who was let go in the first round of layoffs and returned to Tulsa, [Genny Pankey](http://twitter.com/genvy "Genny Pankey"), created the following tribute. I think we’re all feeling very much the same way at this point in time.

[![I Love You Vidoop](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/i-love-you-vidoop.jpg?w=925 "I Love You Vidoop")](http://twitpic.com/52bxh)

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