Globacom on
Friday sacked 54 of its power engineers across the country and gave no official
reason for the sacking.
The PUNCH learnt that the affected workers
received official notification from the company that it no longer needed their
services.
The
notice of disengagement, it was gathered, also instructed them to submit their
staff identification cards and customised Subscriber Identification Module
cards with immediate effect.
The sack
read in parts, “This serves to inform you that your services are no longer
required by Globacom Limited.”
“Consequently,
you are advised to report to the Human Resources Manager, Globacom Manpower
Services Limited, the outsourcing company, with immediate effect.”
It also
read, “You are also expected to hand over all company property (including SIM
card, company ID, etc) issued to you during the course of your services with
us.
“We wish
you all the best in your future endeavours.”
One of
the affected engineers described the sacking as a “huge shock.”
He said,
“I can’t believe it is real… being told my services are no longer required
without explicit reason. I am still in shock.
“For
someone like me who has been working at Globacom for seven years and had been
managing about 150 power stations for more than two years now, to be sacked in
this manner is unacceptable.”
He
dismissed speculations that the sacking might be connected to professional
misconduct, especially related to theft of equipment or over-costing of
generator maintenance or fuelling fee.
“Using
myself as an example, I have been in charge of over 150 sites, operating them
without official vehicle or basic transport allowances and yet there has been
no case of stealing or anything else under my area of operations,” he said.
He
described the ordeal of him and his colleagues as “part of the oppressive and
exploitative system in Globacom,” saying, “They just decided to drop us to
cover up their mess.”
He said,
“Globacom has gained notoriety in the industry over cases of poor
remuneration, slaving working conditions and arbitrary rewards and punishment
systems or procedures.
“Globacom
is a place where the bosses are involved in all kinds of deals to make
money and sacrifice the junior staffs to cover up their tracks,” disclosed
another staff who pleaded not to be named for fear of being sacked.”
He added
that following the sudden purge of power engineers, those spared in the
affected department had begun running double shifts to cover up for the
loss of work force.
“As a
result of this sack, most of us remaining now work day and night to cover
up and it has really made things very difficult,” he said.
When
approached, employees in the Public Relations Department of the
telecommunications firm declined reacting to the development.
..punch
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