I found out today that one of the sales guys at my old job has been made redundant after him being there for about 9 months. He started shortly before I did, so I'm glad that I got out as quickly as I could, even if it meant they declined to give a reference.

Interestly it appears they still haven't sorted out the contract situation with everyone else in the company, so it is possible that someone else will leave them in the shit by giving them a week's notice.