So one of the breaking news stories in Dutchyland the past week was the downfall of The Entertainment Group. TEG (for short) is was the leading entertainment company in the northwestern part of Europe, operating from Dutchyland, Belgium and Finland. Their head office was based in Dutchyland. The company was owned by one of the leading Dutch artists/singers Marco Borsato, and did management for many other famous Dutch artists and organized concerts and such, amongst which the “Symphonica in Rosso” annual concert series, which, in a few weeks, is featuring Diana Ross. Needless to say that this company was a big’un’, and so is it’s down fall.
They went bankrupt, because a few of the management moguls made the wrong decisions. They took money from one part of the company and started investing in new activities, way outside of the original scope of the company, that clearly did not pay off. Stupid decisions, huge consequences. Marco Borsato, and some of his colleagues who invested in the company, lost a lot of money. Marco Borsato lost nearly everything he has worked for in the past years and years. Concerts were cancelled, and more of that shit. I know that’s bad.
Now don’t get me wrong. I do feel that losing everything you have worked hard, whether you are an artist or any other kind of person, is bad. It sucks big time and I am not patronizing that in any way. But what bugs me BIG time is how the whole of Dutchyland, and all news broadcasts holler about “poor” Marco Borsato and how he’s lost everything. And how depressed he is and how bad he feels. I feel for him, I really do. But everyone is forgetting about all those people working for TEG that LOST THEIR EFFING JOBS! People that in the current economical crisis will have a hard time finding a new job. “Normal regular” people, who do not have a famous face. Who do not have a golden throat and a star status to depend upon.
Again, don’t get me wrong. I do realize that it sucks for him too. And I know for a fact that he himself dóes feel responsible for everyone he works for because every interview he does he does put emphasis on the people that worked for TEG and who now are out of a job. And he worked his ass off to try and save the company in order to be able to save their jobs.
It’s just that Dutch news broadcasters could do with getting their heads out of their asses and report on for whom it really is worst, this breakdown of this company. Marco Borsato and his fellow famous artists will not suffer any decline in their fame. They have not just “lost their jobs”. They will be able to do new concerts, performances, as nobody has lost faith in their ability to sing and perform. They will make a new album and start selling concert tickets. These are activities that óther people and organizations are taking the financial risk for. These are things that will enable them to get back on their feet within a year. These are things that earn them a lot of money in a short amount of time.
The families of the employees of TEG will not be that lucky. Unless they manage to find a new job, they will be up shit creek and I hate it that Dutch news broadcasters are closing their eyes to it, consequently making the Dutch public feel sorry for well earning Dutch artists and forgetting about the people that really got hurt… But I guess news like that doesn’t “pay”, right?
