{"id":416232,"date":"2017-09-08T16:35:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/08\/ecobank-clarifies-reports-of-some-massive-layoffs-myjoyonline-com\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T16:35:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:35:42","slug":"ecobank-clarifies-reports-of-some-massive-layoffs-myjoyonline-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/08\/ecobank-clarifies-reports-of-some-massive-layoffs-myjoyonline-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecobank clarifies reports of some massive layoffs\n&#8211; MyJoyOnline.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ecobank Ghana has clarified reports of massive layoffs at the bank. The bank recently laid off 181 contract staff.<\/p>\n<p>This action is part of a digital migration strategy to improve banking experience for its clients, according to the Regional Head of Corporate Communications and Marketing at Ecobank, Patricia Sappor. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cWe have a digital strategy and that strategy is to migrate all our clients unto our digital platforms and therefore we have a lot of hands that we thought we needed to disengage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Sappor said, \u201cWe have disengaged 181 outsourced staff members because we have a contract with the agency and that contract is not to retain them perpetually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cIt is just as and when the need arises and with these our platforms, we no longer require their services but as and when it becomes necessary, we will always go back and get whoever we want to come and fill in the gap. The rationale behind outsourcing is that you probably do not need a permanent staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want somebody to perform a task for you for a short time and therefore you go to an outsourced agency to provide you somebody to work with temporarily and this is something that is done all over the world so it\u2019s not new to Ghana and it is not new to the banks,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Sappor said the affected staff were outsourced on contract basis, from a recruitment agency. This contract, according to her, was not meant to retain the individuals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0action has also seen the merging of about 10 branches of Ecobank, especially those that are close to each other by geographical location.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecobank Ghana has clarified reports of massive layoffs at the bank. The bank recently laid off 181 contract staff. This action is part of a digital migration strategy to improve banking experience for its clients, according to the Regional Head of Corporate Communications and Marketing at Ecobank, Patricia Sappor. \u00a0 She said, \u201cWe have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":416233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ecobank clarifies reports of some massive layoffs - MyJoyOnline.com - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/08\/ecobank-clarifies-reports-of-some-massive-layoffs-myjoyonline-com\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ecobank clarifies reports of some massive layoffs - MyJoyOnline.com - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ecobank Ghana has clarified reports of massive layoffs at the bank. 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