KARACHI, Dec 5: The new management of the KESC has underlined that the workers, engineers and officers including the chief executive and chief financial officers would have unanimity and equal working environment for improving the organization and better services to the consumers.
This was stated by the KESC spokesman in a statement issued here on Monday.
KESC-CEO Frank Scherschmidt and CFO Mohammad Asghar exchanged views at the KESC board room with the representatives of the workers unions and the officers association of the corporation.
Those invited for initial introduction with the new management included Mohammad Akhlaq Khan, Usman Baloch of the Labour Union: Badar Muneer, Ehteshamuddin of the Democratic Mazdoor Union, Arshad Khan, Zulfiqar of the United Workers Front, Latif Mughal, Aslam Sammoo of the People’s Workers Union, The Officers Association was represented by Engineers, G.R.Bhatti, Arshad Iftikhar and Sikander Chandio.
Mr Scherschmidt at the outset explained that with the privatization of the KESC, the working atmosphere had changed. The management and employee relationship would be based on mutual trust; close communication and openness, employees’ ideas and suggestions for improvement are welcomed, he added.
He said that the management planned to further develop the skills of the corporation workers, engineers and officers by providing them training and offering them refresher course and bring them up to the international level making it easier for them to work with the latest technologies to be introduced at the KESC.
Besides, the welfare of the employees the new management would also be taking care of the workers’ families for giving them better standards of living, he added saying that in return the employee would be required to work with full dedication for the improvement of the power utility and come up to the expectations of its customers.
“Customers are the most important segment of the organization; we must provide them efficient services” Mr Scherschmidt added.
CFO Mohammad Asghar explained to the employee’s representative that with the turning around of the KESC, the employees would take pride in identifying themselves with the organization.
The CFO categorically stated that retrenchment was not our agenda.
He said that he had already informed the new board of directors that within one year, when the new board meets for the next annual general meeting they would notice radical changes in the KESC.
The representatives of the unions and the officers’ association welcomed the new management but wanted some more assurances from them regarding job security, better salaries and wages for the regular and contract employees.
The new management responded with a positive note and said that their fears and insecurities would soon dilute as they would see that each spoken word would be put into practice.—APP
