Hundreds of staff have learned that they are now unemployed after receiving a brutal text message about their termination.
On Tuesday, 400 workers at a Western Australian company called Advanced Traffic Management (WA) Pty Ltd, which provides workers and equipment for major road work projects, got a text informing them the business was in liquidation.
Advanced Traffic Management had been a registered business since 2003 but the Federal Court ordered it to go into liquidation over an unpaid debt.
A related entity had also collapsed, called Labour 623 408 855 Pty Ltd, and for four months, Advanced Traffic Management was pursued in court to recover funds.
David Hodgson and Andrew Hewitt of insolvency firm Grant Thornton are the joint liquidators.
“Everyone just got fired today, no pre-warning or anything,” Damon Douglas, one impacted worker, told 7NEWS.
“Effective end of all shifts today, your employment with ATM shall cease,” the text message, shared with 7News, reportedly read.
Advanced Traffic Management had a head office in perth but also offered services in Kalgoorlie, Albany, Northam, Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Kwinana.
All scheduled work for the company was also immediately stopped.
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