At the Senegal Television Broadcasting Company (Tds SA), some workers are gnashing their teeth due to the wave of dismissals of the new director, Aminata Sarr.
According to Bès-bi in her publication of the day, she is accused of “wanting to accommodate her relatives by getting rid of certain agents recruited by her predecessor”. An allegation which she defends herself against and justifies by “a compression measure” in order to rebalance “the significant wage bill” which threatens the company.
The newspaper continues that “the current director sent a pile of notices of termination of contracts a few days after her arrival” citing “economic reasons” that the company would face.
“Given the difficult economic situation of the company, and for reasons of reorganization, I regret to inform you that our collaboration will end as of July 31, 2024,” she said.
This argument from Aminata Sarr does not seem to convince the agents concerned, because “she has been carrying out new recruitments for a few days” yet she “says that TDS cannot support people that the former director Nafissatou Diouf had recruited”.
“These are acts of relentlessness,” criticizes a member of the company’s staff. If this situation of dismissal is commonplace it is because according to Bès-bi “Aminata Sarr in her quest for space for her companions, did not spare agents recruited on fixed-term contracts” moreover the newspaper learned that “certain licensees were approached for an amicable settlement of their fate”.
Contacted by Bès-bi, Nafissatou Diouf’s replacement justifies her measures by an “alarming situation and a recruitment which did not respect the opinion of the Board of Directors and others by the procedure”.
However, Aminata Sarr says that: “we will find ways to redefine their positioning within the company because it is also hope for their families”.
