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Loko: Enemies are at the gate
TELIKOM employees have been warned that right now, they have
“many enemies banging on the gate” and that the last thing they want to have
as family are “enemies within”.
This was what chief executive Peter Loko told disgruntled employees to allay
their concerns about new positions and salary structure.
Mr Loko’s assurance was published in Telikom’s fortnightly newsletter
released last week.
He said: “This will be resolved to everyone’s satisfaction. Hardworking
people are getting their (management) constant attention.
“But let us all remember: it is not our board or management that pays our
wages. It is our products and services that pay our wages.”
Telikom personnel last week were reported to have staged a sit-in-protest
over what the PNG Communications Workers Union described as “failure on the
part of Telikom management to appoint staff to positions under the new
organisational structure.”
Apparently referring to its fierce competitor Digicel and those vandals
damaging the telco’s facilities both in Port Moresby and urban centres, Mr
Loko said: “When there is an enemy outside, banging on the gate and wanting
to do harm, the family stands together.
“At Telikom,” he stressed, “we area family, a Papua New Guinean family.”
He urged the personnel to work together instead of damaging their image as a
corporate entity.
“If we damage ourselves now, if we are selfish, or lazy, and fail to give
service to our customers … if there is public hardship because we are not
performing our role as national telecommunications provider, we may lose all
support.
“If we lose the support of our political leadership, and our loyal customer
base, our enemies will have achieved what they want.
“Our enemies are gathered, waiting, and wanting to push us over. We must not
let them succeed.”
He also stressed that Telikom is being “physically attacked” and was
obviously referring to city vandals.
“There is evidence on all sides that a war of criminal sabotage is being
waged against us, cutting our cables, destroying our network, disrupting our
services, stressing our staff and costing us money,” he said.
“This is the action of our enemies, for all of us to see.
“Please don’t give them any encouragement … or support this criminal
destruction in any way. It is destroying your own job, and your family’s
future.
“Let us also be positive. We have many new customers.”
TELIKOM employees have been warned that right now, they have “many enemies
banging on the gate” and that the last thing they want to have as family are
“enemies within”.
This was what chief executive Peter Loko told disgruntled employees to allay
their concerns about new positions and salary structure.
Mr Loko’s assurance was published in Telikom’s fortnightly newsletter
released last week.
He said: “This will be resolved to everyone’s satisfaction. Hardworking
people are getting their (management) constant attention.
“But let us all remember: it is not our board or management that pays our
wages. It is our products and services that pay our wages.”
Telikom personnel last week were reported to have staged a sit-in-protest
over what the PNG Communications Workers Union described as “failure on the
part of Telikom management to appoint staff to positions under the new
organisational structure.
Apparently referring to its fierce competitor Digicel and those vandals
damaging the telco’s facilities both in Port Moresby and urban centres, Mr
Loko said: “When there is an enemy outside, banging on the gate and wanting
to do harm, the family stands together.
“At Telikom,” he stressed, “we area family, a Papua New Guinean family.”
He urged the personnel to work together instead of damaging their image as a
corporate entity.
“If we damage ourselves now, if we are selfish, or lazy, and fail to give
service to our customers … if there is public hardship because we are not
performing our role as national telecommunications provider, we may lose all
support.
“If we lose the support of our political leadership, and our loyal customer
base, our enemies will have achieved what they want.
“Our enemies are gathered, waiting, and wanting to push us over. We must not
let them succeed.”
He also stressed that Telikom is being “physically attacked” and was
obviously referring to city vandals.
“There is evidence on all sides that a war of criminal sabotage is being
waged against us, cutting our cables, destroying our network, disrupting our
services, stressing our staff and costing us money.
“This is the action of our enemies, for all of us to see.
“Please don’t give them any encouragement … or support this criminal
destruction in any way. It is destroying your own job, and your family’s
future.
“Let us also be positive. We have many new customers.”
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