Troubled Hong Kong television station ATV has been accused of depriving staff of daily necessities as part of cost-cutting measures.
According to on.cc (kindly translated by jaynestars.com), the broadcaster, which has been unable to pay many members of staff for the past few months, cut down the cafeteria opening hours and removed some water stations in their offices.
With the cafe now opening only between 8am and 6pm, combo deals discontinued and noodles banished all together (surely not?!), the unpaid, late-working staff were unsurprisingly less than amused.
Perhaps due to the outcry, ATV spokesman Wong Sau Tung said normal service would resume at the cafe this week.
“There are a lot of colleagues that are on vacation in January and adjustments had to be made to the janitorial staffing,” he claimed.
Wong added that he is not sure what happened to the water stations as he has been on vacation himself.
Vacation? We’ve got a feeling he isn’t one of the ones not getting paid.
Photo: Jason Pratt
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