The situation at the telecom is so bad that its employees say they would like to write a book based on the slogan promoting Orange brand: “Future is bright”, with a caption “somewhere else”. This is the atmosphere a year after the leader of the mobile market, Orange, has started to be merged with its owner, TP.
“20 percent of employees leave the company annually, while the average for the sector is two times lower. The number of changes has jumped by 100 percent since the merger”, two ex-managers of Orange say.
Rivals see this as well.
“Centertel gives three times more job ads for specialists and management than PTC”, Zbigniew Lazar, PTC spokesman said.
According to TP, rotation amounts to some dozen percentage points.
“It’s slightly higher than in previous years but because of changing organizational structure it’s totally natural. It is not a one-way movement because every year we get hundreds of applications from other high-tech companies. Part of these people are employed at Orange”, Wojciech Jabczynski from TP press office said.
What are the reasons for resignations?
“Consolidation”, all “PB” sources say.
“Procedures, processes and managers – all these come from TP, which adversely affects Orange. Last year was quite good. But people see no future”, one of ex-managers said.
“Mobile telecom adopts people and culture from a fixed-line telecom. It usually works the other way round”, Zbigniew Lazar believes.
“I could not accept the way changes were being
implemented and the fact that there was no respect for people. There is no
strategy, no one knows who is responsible for what field”, another person says.