UPDATE. Media Prima hantar notis. Buang 543 staff #62

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Sources: Media Prima set to slash more jobs
Saturday, 14 Dec 2019 03:53 PM MYT



KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 ― Media Prima Bhd is expected to formally notify employees of fresh redundancies on Monday, according to sources within the group.

One person told Malay Mail that department heads at the conglomerate began notifying staff earlier this week of the impending move, causing concern and speculation over the extent of the exercise.

On November 1, the firm announced a transformation and restructuring exercise that would last until the first quarter of 2020.

“This time around it will be a retrenchment exercise. They’ve already done voluntary separation scheme (VSS) twice before this and it won’t be a VSS anymore,” said the source who requested anonymity.

“This Monday we will find out who will leave and who will stay.”

Rumours within the industry suggest that the firm is looking to shed as many as 1,500 jobs.

Another source said Media Prima was looking to halve the editorial headcount for newspapers in its stable from the 90 or so each at the News Straits Times, Berita Harian and Harian Metro.

However, the heaviest hits are expected to land on the group’s broadcasting arm in Sri Pentas.

Some of the staff in Balai Berita are still fighting tooth and nail for their jobs and refusing to back down.

One source argued that it was unfair to go after journalists and other employees when it was the senior management that cost the group the most in terms of salaries.

“Ninety-seven in the Media Prima Berhad management have salaries above RM15,000 a month. Seven in NSTP alone have a total salary of RM300,000 a month. That is RM3.6 million a year.

“Which would you cut? Seven working staff at RM7,000 a month, which is RM588,000 a year or RM3.6 million for seven people?” one source said angrily.

Malay Mail has attempted to contact Media Prima for its response.

The possible job cuts are the latest to hit the local news industry.

Earlier this year, Malaysia’s oldest Bahasa Melayu newspaper, Utusan Malaysia, was forced to shut down due to insolvency and left hundreds jobless overnight.

It struggled to pay staff salaries in the final months of its career and still owes back pay to many. Even those who opted for an earlier VSS have not been fully compensated.

prizadane

Iols ada ramai kawan under Media Prima n NSTP. As of now, ada seorang yang terkesan. Sheols dah dapat notice awal. The rest still unsure... sedih la.

cadarblogsot

New revolution... Digital Era... So, printing company bnyak dah yg bungkus since 2012..

supernaturalee

Nk buang jaws ke ikan bilis
Ikan bilis ramai je yg mkn
Ikan jaws ada ke org mkn?

auntyonion

Semoga dipermudahkan urisan mereka2 yg terlibat. Da tgh akhir tahun, tiber dpt perkhabaran cmni.  

misuke

patut yg gaji rm300k tu kena terminate dulu. byr mahal2 tp fail buat untung

Kurex

aku sedih tengok malaysia era pee esh

Forfoxache

Balik la kmpg tanam jagung bercucuk tanam pelihara lumbu memancing ikan dan sewaktu dgnnya. Ini adalah satu rahmat dari Ilahi untuk mereka cool down material life kt city dan lead a humble and stress-free life kt kmpg. Take it as a positive sign from above.

beta_carotene

ada sorang cikki yg hidup satu apartment dgn iols, kerja media prima.
dalam group penduduk apartment, sheols ni kuat komplen itu ini..
siap compare dgn my old apartment bagai, as if apartment kitorg ni xde standard

meols harap cikki tu kena pecat dari media prima

tagas

So pengacara elly iskandar, fahrin ahmad etc

ke pembaca berita pang soon fey etc tu kena buang jgk ke

NakamuraOmori

Kurex replied at 15-12-2019 08:51 AM
aku sedih tengok malaysia era pee esh

It's not about politic, it's about you didnt buy newspaper and watch tv.

NakamuraOmori

tagas replied at 15-12-2019 09:16 AM
So pengacara elly iskandar, fahrin ahmad etc

ke pembaca berita pang soon fey etc tu kena buang jg ...

Usually mereka takkan buang pekerja bahagian operation.

Mereka akan buang/cantas dari atas2 tu dahulu.

dino

NakamuraOmori replied at 15-12-2019 09:22 AM
It's not about politic, it's about you didnt buy newspaper and watch tv.

politik ade jugak since dulu bn ade share
sama mcm utusan..

dino

tagas replied at 15-12-2019 09:16 AM
So pengacara elly iskandar, fahrin ahmad etc

ke pembaca berita pang soon fey etc tu kena buang jg ...

diorg focus admin, jwtn tak penting..
lgpun byk staff kontrak tu takde kaitan..

dino

diorg sibuk nak jimat kos tp relaks je renovate sri pentas tu haha

Forfoxache

NakamuraOmori replied at 15-12-2019 09:22 AM
It's not about politic, it's about you didnt buy newspaper and watch tv.

Masih ingat lagi tk citer masa dorangnye system kena hack lepas tu hackers mintak ransom bermillion? Maybe kebenakan staff could be an ongoing burden? (Giggling cover mulut )

NakamuraOmori

dino replied at 15-12-2019 09:24 AM
politik ade jugak since dulu bn ade share
sama mcm utusan..

Because their news are not in readers favour. They covered A lot about Ketuanan Melayu for UMNO political interest only. Talk too much about Malay destiny only in newspaper (especially weekend edition) at the end it seems the newspaper bashed/defamed the Malays.

Nobody want to read that kind of content. Even the Malays won't read that kind of content either.

Wasting time, wasting money, breaking your heart and exhausting your brain

NakamuraOmori

Forfoxache replied at 15-12-2019 09:29 AM
Masih ingat lagi tk citer masa dorangnye system kena hack lepas tu hackers mintak ransom bermill ...

Staff behaviour is one of the reasons too.

Kena hack, lepastu kena saman dengan hacker
Suka buat berita fitnah sampai kena saman juta2. Siapa nak baca content Akhbar macam itu.

zehra2

Kontrak byr lbh tinggi kan.
Skrg zaman online semua.

Artemesiaa

Yang mana dah tahu lebih awal ramai dah joint Astro atau Bernama rasanya.  Tapi kesian mereka yang belum dapat apa2 tawaran dahlah musim persekolahan dah nak bermula tak lama lagi.