A Microsoft modeling agency committed to showcasing its HoloLens headphones follows the company and one of the technology giant employees, claiming that an intermediary has not paid for the modeling business in its entirety and to have stopped promising more work.
The modeling company Genesis Industries also said that the Microsoft employee who won the contract decided not to renew the agreement after being confronted with its alleged misconduct towards employees.
A complaint filed Friday in federal court in Seattle says Genesis founder Jennifer Kelly approached in early 2015 by Jonathan Plumb, a leader of the Microsoft HoloLens team. Plomada was looking for "brand ambassadors" for upcoming events to promote the new reality hull mix, and Kelly said he could offer.
The lead supervisor ordered Kelly to sign a contract with the robot, a technology services company from Bellevue, Microsoft, chose to manage work related HoloLens.
Genesis has a six-month subcontracting agreement in June 2015, in which the company would submit utility bills and Microsoft Robot Robot could charge its turn.
It is not unusual for Microsoft, which relies on thousands of enterprise contractors for a variety of tasks, special events in hiring and software development and testing. Some of these entrepreneurs exist mainly to subcontract the work to other companies.
Robot, according to demand, did not work on the layout "other than being a placeholder."
Genesis then provided personnel for HoloLens demonstrations at events around the United States and Canada to Microsoft's address, according to the complaint, resulting in travel costs and other expenses; That through robot, the company would be reimbursed.
As of August 2015, began to shed Robot Genesis bills, according to the lawsuit, costs that amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the complaint.
When Kelly raised the issue with Microsoft, Microsoft said plumb line would ensure that Genesis was repaid. Plomada also said that Genesis should reject other jobs next year, while Microsoft plans to renew HoloLens contracts, the lawsuit says.
At some point, according to the lawsuit, lead began to "aggressively pursue" sexual Kelly and made "hypersexualized comments" about other unnamed Genesis employees. In December of 2015, he confronted Kelly Plumb, criticizing his behavior and a Facebook message that appeared to show the uptake of alcohol by a minor employee of Genesis.
Plomada then limited the work of Genesis and did not renew his contract when it expired a couple of weeks later, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit, which names Microsoft and Plumb, looking for a sum for unspecified damages.
A Microsoft spokesman said the company was reviewing the lawsuit.
Plomada and the robot did not respond to messages for comment. Kelly declined to comment, and her lawyer did not respond to the messages.
