This is a true story told to me by my best friend, Netali.
Netali's colleague has just found out that she's pregnant. Nothing much wrong with that, except that she's not married and her foetus is unstable and bleeding, which resulted in her having a 2 weeks mc. To top it up, she has just joined a new company.
When Netali learnt of it, she was shocked, nevertheless, she still showed her support to her colleague and assured her that all will be fine.
Unfortunately, when the colleague's bosses heard of it, the uanimous decision was immediate termination. The reasons given to Netali was even more shocking that learning of the baby's news. Firstly, it was on moral grounds. The bosses could not accept that the colleague would be an unwed mother (nevermind that the wedding date has been fixed and is just round the corner). They could not accept that people in the streets will now be gossiping that ABC Company has an unwed mother. Secondly, by being pregnant, it has propelled to an impending marriage, which would mean that Netali's colleague will be entitled to marriage leave and maternity leave. In her bosses' own words: how can she do this to the company?
Netali and her other colleagues are now afraid. Their morale is down to an all time low. So many issues that they just cannot comprehend.
1) Do the bosses of ABC Company think that just because they are Christians and abhore pre-marital sex, that the entire company must abide by this principle as well. Netali has gone through her contract, never once did it state that there are certain moral values the staff need to believe & practise. They ought to consider putting these clauses in their contracts now.
This is a disgrace to Christians in general. Whatever happened to the story in the bible of the return of the prodigal son? Did Jesus not enter the house of the prostitute of Mary Magdalene? What about the forgiveness of sins that we were taught?
2) Does ABC Company simply leave their staff in the lurch by abandoning them at the point when much support and love is required. This basically also means that staff should abandon ABC Company once there's is any sign that ABC Company is in distress.
The point that Netali was trying to bring across was she and her colleagues are now all adults. They know their responsibilities and hope that their bosses are able to be more professional and not mix personal with business affairs. In any case, they have not screwed up in their work, so the bosses should not try to take on the role of a parent and try to teach their staff a thing or 2 on how to live their lives.
Show that you care, that staff welfare matters, and employees will go the extra mile for u.
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