"Perform Or Perish": In Leaked Audio, Minister's Warning To BSNL Staff
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Ashwini Vaishnaw, In a leaked audio from the meeting, was heard warning the 62,000 strong workforce of the ailing company that anyone not performing will be made to take voluntary retirement.
Either perform or "perish" - was Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's terse message during his first meeting with the employees of public sector telecom operator BSNL. In a leaked audio from the meeting, he was heard warning the 62,000-strong workforce of the ailing company that anyone not performing will be made to take voluntary retirement.
He called the meeting with the senior management of the company on Thursday, days after announcing a Rs 1.64 lakh crore package for the revival of BSNL.
"I will be measuring the performance every month. Those who don't want to work can take voluntary retirement and go home. Or you will be made to take voluntary retirement, like what happened in railways," he was heard saying in the over five-minute long clip.
To make BSNL financially viable, the Union Cabinet approved the revival package of BSNL amounting to Rs 1.64 lakh crore on July 27.
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