Nigerian Bottling Company sacks 200 staffers

Nigerian Bottling Company, makers of Coca Cola, Fanta, Sprite, etc., has eased out all of 200 staffers. The management has attributed the exercise to changes in their distribution network. Those affected were mostly in the sales dept. of the company. the company decided to downsize after their route salesmen agitated for a pay rise.

Before the exercise, the company's route salesmen made at least two trips per day, off-loading a truck load of bottled drinks and earned N450 for the first trip and N300 for the second trip. Due to the tedious and risky nature of their job, sales workers complained to the management and pleaded for an increment in their daily pay. But instead of getting a pay rise, they were sacked. A new set of staffers have been employed to replace the sacked ones.
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Source: Shade Wesley Metibogun - Encomium magazine
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