The double whammy of 2001 and 2002 have hit us hard. Loyal employees were let go, sometimes with no warning. They claimed it was due to security concerns.
In this current crisis, a public healthcare group have shown their hard hearted ways too. Everyone has been warned against going to infected countries, but does your company have these measures?
1. Initially, at yellow alert
All staff had to wear surgical masks.
Daily temperature monitoring.
2. Reached orange alert
Visitor restriction at hospitals.
All visitors had to be checked for fever.
All staff had to wear N95 masks (later relaxed to surgical masks).
All leave for the next 2 weeks are canceled, subject to fortnightly review.
All new leave applications blocked.
Staff were advised to write a letter, forfeiting their medical coverage in the event that they got infected overseas, regardless of where they caught they infection. Staff will have to take unpaid leave during their quarantine period.
The official explanation? To keep our staff safe.
Fine, they wanted to keep manpower close at hand. I can understand that.
The letter was a weird idea. I felt it made it sound as an "admission-of-guilt" from the staff applying for overseas leave.
3. Relaxed to yellow alert
All staff had to wear surgical masks.
Daily temperature monitoring.
Official memo frowning on all overseas leave.
Staff were required to write a letter, forfeiting their medical coverage in the event that they got infected overseas, regardless of where they caught they infection. Staff will have to take unpaid leave during their quarantine period.
Upper management now requires staff to write the letter, following an official template, in their own handwriting and signed by them. So don't care if you caught it in a ulu place like Siberia; you got infected means you are on your own. Pay your own hospitialisation; go on unpaid leave. Once you've recovered, welcome back to work.
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Do you need to rethink your loyalty?
Is your employer a good one?
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