Who is going to be sent packing this time round? NMG to sack more employees in January
Sheila Mwanyigha, Anto Neo Soul, Sanaipei Tande, Ciku Muiruri were among the big shots that were relieved of their duties at NMG in 2015 when the Kimathi street based media house carried out a massive shakedown. But the employees who survived the axe in 2015 now face the same predicament once again.
Clifford Macharia, head of corporate and regulatory affairs at Nation Media Group (NMG) has issued a memo dated December 20th 2016 which carries news that has surely caused tension amongst employees at NMG.
The Kimathi street based media house has once again announced plans to trim its workforce; it’s not clear how many employees will be retrenched but come January, people will be sent packing.
“Early this year, we embarked on a new strategic journey of transforming the Group into a modern Twenty First Century digital content company. In with this objective, we converged our Business, foreign/international & sports desks in addition to embedding a digital/mobile first culture in the Group. We are satisfied that this process is beginning to deliver the intended benefits including the digital division recording the fastest growth in 2016.
We are now entering the final phase of the implementation. This will involve the reorganization of all our operations across the Group to prioritise our resources and investments in content development, monetization and innovation in line with emerging ways that new age consumers are consuming media. This will allow us grow our new revenues streams while securing our current print and broadcasting businesses in a much more efficient and effective manner.
Regrettably this will result in a reduction of our workforce through job redundancies. This exercise will be undertaken in January 2017 with due respect to our employees and within the provisions of the law.
We wish to reassure our stakeholders that we continue to be committed to delivering value in line with their expectations” The memo signed by Clifford Macharia read.
