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medschooltimo · 6 years

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Six months ago I lost my job in the worst of ways, I expected to gain admission to a masters programme four months after the sad event. Unfortunately, that couldn’t happen. 2017 has been a year of lessons. I have grown during this period, I have learned how to survive the worst and this has helped me become mentally strong. Good news is I have been able to start my own business. I will first share my story and after the lessons during the past 6 months will follow.

Below is the email I sent to management of the institution I worked with, nobody paid any attention to me after all this.

My name is Dr. XYZ, site medical officer for Project De Simone OCTP located in pqrs Ghana. It is with deep discontent I write this letter, to bring to your notice my current situation and to inform you about the injustice that has been shown towards me for which I am seriously considering legal counsel. I have been wrongfully relieved off my duties and asked to proceed on a break till I am needed. I called EEMEA Headquarters enquiring about the right channel of communication on the issue and was advised to inform General Manager. I was served a letter dated 20th June but given to me on 27th June by De Simone Ltd. The letter was a notice, informing me about the decision made to relocate me from Maaha Beach Resort on the 30th of June. I was sent to an 8 bedroom story building and shown my room. However, I wasn’t satisfied with where I had been sent to. The house has water problems and even when there’s flow of water the pressure isn’t high enough. There’s a backup well, which seems to be an improvised because it is a manhole, isn’t raised above ground level, hence when it rains the ground water fills up the well The house has no fridge to store water and other provisions. There’s no sitting area to relax or watch television. There are two cleaners tasked with the responsibility of doing laundry as well, yet when they wash there’s no iron to press the clothes. We were only provided with one bedsheet and pillow case and there’s no provision for an extra curtain for change over. The room itself is ok but the bathroom is in an unacceptable condition which will mar my comfort. There was a damp smell in the room but I managed to use naphthalene balls to neutralize it. The bathroom is beyond a state of cleaning. I haven’t been passing the night there because I just can’t manage the place. I decided to speak with the project manager but he told me “he doesn’t care and doesn’t want to see the pictures i took either” I tried convincing him further to at least take a look, he told me he would bring professional cleaners to the place. I told him it’s beyond cleaning he responded by saying “you are not going back to Maaha and I am not paying for the guest house you are sleeping ” All through this, I sent a formal email to ISOS on the 1st of July 2017 and I’m yet to receive a reply. However I contacted the Operations manager about the situation over phone. HR, responsible for welfare hasn’t contacted me ever on this issue.

The Operations Manager tried to liaise with the Project Manager, who is a very difficult person, has no respect for people and is very rude. Discussions with him were not fruitful; he resorted to sending ‘professional cleaners’ to the place to fix it. The place didn’t change much after their cleaning. Having been kept out of the loop by management during the decision making process and failing to show me the proposed place of residence prior to the day of relocation caused this inconvenience. I have been lodging at Yaaba Hotel, where Orsam Limited (a sub-contractor of Technip FMC) houses its junior staff and so security issues isn’t much of a concern. The proximity of Yaaba to the site, is closer as compared to the house I was sent to. I have never requested to go back to Maaha Beach Resort. I fully understood, management of De Simone Ltd wanted to cut costs, but I also believe I deserve better. It’s a pity that after conducting health and hygiene inspections on site as part of my monthly reports. This is where I, the doctor, is given to sleep and eat . It is only right that the client provides a better place for me to sleep, if not for the fact that I’m a doctor, at least just because ISOS doesn’t provide substandard services to them. During all this I haven’t complained about where I eat which will fail ISOS health and hygiene inspections, should one be conducted. I was called and given an ultimatum on Thursday 13TH July 2017 by the Operations Manager after his discussions with HR , to either move to the place by 15th July 2017 or be replaced on site. Employees must also have a voice and the right to state their concerns, their grievances should be heard and met. My ambulance driver at the beginning of all this told me, “doc, I can’t afford to complain, else I lose my job” this man for the past two weeks comes to work without his uniform pressed. He sometimes does his laundry on site, where he has access to soap. When I informed him about my wrongful dismissal from site, he was gutted and said “this is why I haven’t complained”

Working with ISOS has never been about the money, it’s always been about professional development, the prestige that comes with it and the value on my resume because my long term goal has always been to work with the WHO. I proposed to pay for the place myself and do my work comfortably because I am happy there and can’t afford to live where client provided. If it was about the money I will not be ready to pay GHS 6000.00 to live comfortably and do my work. I proposed to put into writing that in case of any future circumstance or situation ISOS won’t be held liable for my safety but all proposals were rejected. On Friday 14TH July, a missed call to the Operations Manager was returned and I tried to get my points across to him again, on why I want to stay and do my work. He was rather agitated by the fact that I had come up with a more reasonable case. After another discussion between him and HR I was told from Wednesday 19th JULY 2017, I would be relieved off my duties, made to go on a break and be called later on if the company needs me. I asked that all this be put into writing and till now I haven’t received a letter. It really shouldn’t have gotten to this: I haven’t been involved in a malpractice. I haven’t breached confidentiality of any client. I have been diligently performing my duties. I haven’t stolen from the company or been in any form of misconduct. The client failed to involve me in the relocation process. The client, failed to be reasonable and try to understand me and unfortunately ISOS never cared about that. I never refused to work based on the current situation, I never spoke harshly to the project manager when he insulted my dignity by saying he doesn’t care. I have done my best to work hard to keep the good name of the company. Since my arrival on site the clinic has seen a 5% attendance rise per the site population ratio and the records are there to back it up. It’s clear that the client is more important than me. It’s clear that I’m only a doctor contracted to make sure that work is done on site. I haven’t felt understood all through this. I haven’t felt as a part of the company. My comfort has been rubbished; I don’t think I have to justify that. The place I have been put isnt a place where ISOS will house its guests. I shouldn’t be sacrificed based on the mistakes of a careless Project Manager. I shouldn’t be fired over the phone. I shouldn’t be fired in the first place. In any case I must be given a considerable time to find myself a new job before. Thank you very much for the opportunity and professional development. It has been a wonderful 15 months, I enjoyed every single bit of it, unfortunately not all beginnings end happily ever after. I await my replacement on Wednesday and I will do my utmost best to help during the handover and transition. I will introduce him to all the necessary people on site. Injustice has been shown; I have been sacrificed and victimized.

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