One of the nastiest
aspects of the so-called ‘free market’ economy is its propensity to screw the
workers who have contributed so much to company profits. Many of our top companies
espouse policies that claim to value and support their ‘people resources.’ All
of that has amounted to nothing if we are to believe that Telecoms latest moves
to dump more than 1000 skilled workers is nothing more than a slap in the face
to any claim that such companies care about their workers. These firms have ‘team-building
days’ and they feed their workers nothing more than lies about ‘bright futures’
if only they support the culture of the said firms.
Telecoms actions
are tantamount to lies and serious misleading of their employees, all in the
name of massive profits and huge salaries for the directors and shareholders. Not
only are the workers left high and dry, but New Zealand as a country risks
losing many of these skilled people, because bills do not go away and the need
to seek new employment will drive them overseas. We will be left with a sizable
skills-gap and once again we will be searching for qualified replacements just
as we observe our economy beginning to ramp up.
Why Telecom,
just at a time when people were actually starting to believe that things were changing?
Your timing and your rationale are all wrong. You don’t give a stuff about New
Zealand other than a place to extort profits. Do not be surprised when New Zealanders
take umbrage at your latest actions and find new ‘providers.’
Gone are the
days when firms had a social conscience. A once proud company has stooped to
new lows and they in the end will be the loser.
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