Telecommunications
Company, MTN, on Friday
fired hundreds of staff in its
Nigeria offices without
severance pay, several
affected staff have told
PREMIUM TIMES.
The staff said they were not
properly about their
dismissal and that the
company failed to respect
their contractual agreements.
They said MTN had informed
them of a plan to outsource
staff, but since it was not the
first time that would happen,
they took the information
casually.
“In 2012 they outsourced us
to a company called DNSSL.
Now what we have heard is
that MTN is taking us away
from DNSSL to an Indian
company, ICON,” said one
staff, who has worked with
the company for over five
years.
He said they were told by
MTN about two weeks ago
that the contracts would
terminate at the end of
September. With no further
information, the staff thought
they would return to MTN.
“But on reaching here today,
they placed security all over
the place, numbering up to
50 private security
operatives,” he said.
He said while a company
could hire and fire,
employees also should be
fairly remunerated.
“For five years since I have
been with them, salaries
have not been reviewed. We
work on public holidays, yet
there were no plans for any
overtime payments. We
operate an invoice system,
which allows payments within
intervals of a month, starting
from the 15th of every
month.