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