Author Topic: Rogermexico is not working anymore with iStock? (Read 5883 times)

Imgorthand · « **on:** November 08, 2012, 02:24 »

I found this info on the istock forums.
Does anyone here know more?
Why they let go their best people? Or is this that the best people don't want to wort there anymore?
This is all very sad ....

sharpshot · « **Reply #1 on:** November 08, 2012, 03:43 »

I've gone beyond being sad about istock. I just wish they would hurry up and kill it off now. The long slow death for independents has become tedious. I've thought that the sites been doomed for a long time now, sending buyers to Thinkstock was it for me. Seeing people leave has lost it's surprise factor.

Freedom · « **Reply #2 on:** November 08, 2012, 04:04 »

Which forum? I could not find it.

ShadySue · « **Reply #3 on:** November 08, 2012, 04:17 »

Quote from: Imgorthand on November 08, 2012, 02:24

I found this info on the istock forums.
Does anyone here know more?
Why they let go their best people? Or is this that the best people don't want to wort there anymore?
This is all very sad ....

Maybe even spindoctors decide there's only so much they can spin.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #4 on:** November 08, 2012, 05:32 »

Quote from: Imgorthand on November 08, 2012, 02:24

I found this info on the istock forums.
Does anyone here know more?
Why they let go their best people? Or is this that the best people don't want to wort there anymore?
This is all very sad ....

Andrew's last day was last week ( I think )...

leaf · « **Reply #5 on:** November 08, 2012, 08:50 »

link to the istock forum post?

PaulieWalnuts · « **Reply #6 on:** November 08, 2012, 09:38 »

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=348679&page=1

fotografer · « **Reply #7 on:** November 08, 2012, 10:06 »

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on November 08, 2012, 09:38

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=348679&page=1

That link doesn't work for me. Is it in the exclusive only forum?

ShadySue · « **Reply #8 on:** November 08, 2012, 10:13 »

Quote from: fotografer on November 08, 2012, 10:06

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on November 08, 2012, 09:38
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=348679&page=1

That link doesn't work for me. Is it in the exclusive only forum?

Yes.

lisafx · « **Reply #9 on:** November 08, 2012, 11:04 »

Sorry to hear they have lost yet another of the remaining admins who actually cared about the site and contributors. Not surprised though. I would bet the exit was Andrew's choice, rather than a firing.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #10 on:** November 08, 2012, 11:49 »

Andrew's a lovely man. No idea what the circumstances of his departure were, but I wish him the very best for whatever's next for him. And I'd have to imagine he'd rather not have to put his wordsmithing talents to work trying to make palatable what iStock's been up to lately

Did the post in the forum we can't see have anything to say about what he was going to be doing?

ShadySue · « **Reply #11 on:** November 08, 2012, 11:51 »

No, it's just three posts long, simply wishing him well. No details about his leaving.

ShadySue · « **Reply #12 on:** November 08, 2012, 11:57 »

Quote from: ShadySue on November 08, 2012, 11:51

No, it's just three posts long, mentioning his leaving and asking who would be taking over his role.

jhorrocks · « **Reply #13 on:** November 08, 2012, 12:12 »

Ouch. I came here looking for any news on the outage / intermittent site behavior and found this. I never met Andrew in person, but I've spoken with him on several occasions over the phone. He's a great guy, and I'm sure he'll be fine. I really do hope he simply had better things to do with his time.

Andrew - if you see this, check your site mail!

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #14 on:** November 08, 2012, 12:16 »

I don't know if you can see it without friending him, but:
http://www.facebook.com/andrew.wedderburn.73?ref=ts&fref=ts

fotografer · « **Reply #15 on:** November 08, 2012, 12:20 »

Quote from: sjlocke on November 08, 2012, 12:16

I don't know if you can see it without friending him, but:
http://www.facebook.com/andrew.wedderburn.73?ref=ts&fref=ts

No can't see that either. Andrew was definitely one of the nicest of the IS staff.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #16 on:** November 08, 2012, 12:48 »

I'm not being a smartass. My question is serious (to me). I do not participate in any of the iS community activities (Forums) nor do I know any of the admins, company officers. I have heard of RogerMexico and Lobo through this forum. My question is:
How does/will Roger Mexico's departure affect me?
Is this a bad thing or just normal company operations ... turnover?

Thanks and please don't take this as anything other than a request for information.

cmannphoto · « **Reply #17 on:** November 08, 2012, 13:00 »

Quote from: WarrenPrice on November 08, 2012, 12:48

I'm not being a smartass. My question is serious (to me). I do not participate in any of the iS community activities (Forums) nor do I know any of the admins, company officers. I have heard of RogerMexico and Lobo through this forum. My question is:
How does/will Roger Mexico's departure affect me?
Is this a bad thing or just normal company operations ... turnover?

Thanks and please don't take this as anything other than a request for information.

Here is his job description from the Who's Who
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=341795&page=1
Andrew Wedderburn
Manager, Creative Resources
Calgary

Andrew (rogermexico) creates educational resources for the iStock contributor community. He works closely with the Creative Research team at Getty Images and helps iStockers stay abreast of industry trends and content needs. He has been typing too loudly at the iStock office since 2005.

fotografer · « **Reply #18 on:** November 08, 2012, 13:20 »

Quote from: WarrenPrice on November 08, 2012, 12:48

How does/will Roger Mexico's departure affect me?

I don't suppose that it will as somebody else will take his place but just sad to see him go for some of us that used to be very involved in IS.

loop · « **Reply #19 on:** November 08, 2012, 13:24 »

Quote from: WarrenPrice on November 08, 2012, 12:48

I'm not being a smartass. My question is serious (to me). I do not participate in any of the iS community activities (Forums) nor do I know any of the admins, company officers. I have heard of RogerMexico and Lobo through this forum. My question is:
How does/will Roger Mexico's departure affect me?
Is this a bad thing or just normal company operations ... turnover?

Thanks and please don't take this as anything other than a request for information.

Hard to tell. Maybe he wants to pursue his literary ambitions, maybe he has been fired (I don't realy think so). All I can say, having met him, is that he is a nice guy.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #20 on:** November 08, 2012, 13:28 »

Quote from: WarrenPrice on November 08, 2012, 12:48

...How does/will Roger Mexico's departure affect me?
Is this a bad thing or just normal company operations ... turnover?

I don't think it will make any difference day to day. For recovering exclusives like me, or others who've been around IS a while, it's sad to see good people go. And whoever's replacing them is not publicly visible, so we typically have no idea who does what any more as they don't speak to peons (in the case of KKT, that's a blessing, but as they say, it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

)

Freedom · « **Reply #21 on:** November 08, 2012, 13:39 »

Only met Andrew briefly, he was a friendly guy with an easy smile. Best wishes to him.

rubyroo · « **Reply #22 on:** November 08, 2012, 13:42 »

Yes, always seemed a really nice guy. Perhaps he could start a happy, helpful business with Rob Sylvan.

Best wishes to him.

velocicarpo · « **Reply #23 on:** November 08, 2012, 13:44 »

Congratulations to him. It is very depressing to work for a down going company and I think morally too it is a good decision. Time for a fresh start. Wish him the best.

Sadstock · « **Reply #24 on:** November 08, 2012, 14:09 »

I met RM several times and he is a really great guy. Hopefully he is moving onto better things. Istock will be worse for his departure.

I will put a plug in for his novel which is a great story.
http://www.amazon.com/Milk-Chicken-Bomb-Andrew-Wedderburn/dp/1552451801/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352401533&sr=8-1&keywords=milk+chicken+bomb

Pixart · « **Reply #25 on:** November 08, 2012, 14:57 »

Lol, JSNOVER: Recovering Exclusive

RacePhoto · « **Reply #26 on:** November 08, 2012, 15:40 »

Quote from: Pixart on November 08, 2012, 14:57

Lol, JSNOVER: Recovering Exclusive

Yeah I loved that one too.

cathyslife · « **Reply #27 on:** November 08, 2012, 18:17 »

I can't imagine anyone on the ball staying there under the circumstances. I am surprised he has lasted this long. Good luck to him, I have no doubt he will do better somewhere else.

PaulieWalnuts · « **Reply #28 on:** November 08, 2012, 18:20 »

Yep, good luck to him. Always seemed to be a nice guy. He had some other businesses going so maybe it was a good time to move on.

RapidEye · « **Reply #29 on:** November 09, 2012, 06:39 »

Sorry to hear about this. He's a very good sort. I wish him well.

ARTPUPPY · « **Reply #30 on:** November 12, 2012, 13:53 »

That's sad to hear, he seemed to be one of the good ones. I'm disappointed that this news is buried in an odd istock post. He's a writer, he didn't have a final post in his own words, or a professional statement from IstockHQ? This is reminding me more and more of a Stalin photograph. A little airbrushing, and now your a nonperson... move along folks, nothing to see here, shoot, upload, repeat....

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