Human resources

Human resources

From Media Indonesia

In March 1994 I went to the Agency of Human Resources (WSDM)
at the Wijaya Grand Center, Blok-C, No. 15-16, Jl. Wijaya II,
Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, to confirm about a training
program, which guarantees a working contract. The program
includes three months of basic training, which is followed by
another three-month adjustment period with a salary of Rp 150,000
per month. After the adjustment time, during the following three
months the participants will be employed in a company with a
minimum salary of Rp 300,000 per month.

Interested in their program, I decided to follow the training
and in March I paid Rp 250,000 for the enrollment and a
membership fee for one year. In May 1994, I paid Rp 1,250,000 as
the first installment for the training. In July 1994, prior to
employment, I paid another Rp 1,250,000 as the second
installment. The basic training started on April 13, 1994, and
was participated in by 14 candidates. I worked hard until the
adjustment period came.

However, in practice, during the adjustment period we were not
paid as promised. They said the promise of payment was made by
incompetent staff, and not by the manager.

As a member of the WSDM I met all the requirements and obeyed
the rules set by the agency. To my astonishment, not a single
promise has been fulfilled by the agency.

Even more surprising is the fact that the manager left for
Bali on Aug. 26, 1994, reportedly for important business related
to WSDM. But none of the WSDM members have heard of him since.
Not even his colleagues in Bali know of his whereabouts. We all
feel confused over this uncertainty. The problem has worsened as
many people have come and wished to see the manager and wanted
him to pay his bills. The big question now is concerning the fate
of this organization. We have sacrificed too much for its cause,
anyway.

WSDM members

Jakarta