Temporary Retrenchment

[pinkyb]

I am currently a BPO employee and recently the business we are supporting pulled out. I, together with some of my colleagues, were put on a floating status.

Here's a brief background of my inquiry. We have support roles such as Quality Assurance specialists who were included in the temporary retrenchment. Firstly, there was a job posting within the company for the same post, however, the [textspeak!] specialists did not meet the qualifications. They required the applicants to have a medical background. Thus, the [textspeak!] specialists were not able to apply and the company promoted a different employee for the said post. Secondly, there was another employee who got promoted from an internship as a [textspeak!] specialist. This time the nature of the business being supported is similar to what we had. There was no job posting announced for the said position. As per the recruitment department, they have a pre-identified candidate which is why the post was not open to everyone. Please note that these are all internal promotions. Here are my questions:

1. Is it legal for the company to promote employees considering that there are already employees who has similar functions?

2. Does the company have the discretion not to consider employees with the same job functions for any internal openings just because they did not meet the qualifications?

[mysterioza_me]

Sis why would the company put someone dun sa position na yun if they do not meet the qualifications? It may be the same job title or similar position but still the applicant must meet the criteria.  Kaya nga nagset ng qualifications because yun ang need nila. Kung meron mas qualified dun sa account na yun dapat lang naman na ma-promote yun kesa naman ma-bypass. While it is true na ang skills natutunan, but how long will it take for your kakilala na matutunan yung di pa niya alam? Ang BPO napakafast-paced environment at revenue oriented pa naman kaya gusto agad nagpeperform ang employees nila, ayaw nila ng mahabang training lalo na kung hindi naman agent position inaapplayan mo. Most accounts would require extensive knowledge and understanding of the product, so if you were never part of that unit dun pa lang eliminated ka na. Kung ako din tatanungin mas gusto ko na yung may background na sa account para konti na lang ituturo ko.