About 140 people across Australia have been immediately sacked following the sudden collapse of Australia’s largest distributor of second-hand office furniture.
Staff at furniture company Egans received a text message on Friday morning telling them to attend a compulsory all-staff meeting, where they were told they no longer had jobs.
“Notice of important company announcement,” the text message read.
“Do not go to job site first.”
In a statement to news.com.au, Director Andrew Egan said the company had faced “pervasive cost increases” and a “revenue slump” which was affecting “every business in Australia”.
The company has staff across NSW, Victoria and South Australia.
“Egans is a family business that has been…
