1 reviews | Active since Aug 2019
Sasol Protea Glen Exploits It's Employees
I started working for Sasol Protea Glen in November 25th 2020 (that's when I signed my contract) and there's been problems from the beginning. The manager (Victor) along with the assistant manager (Lebogang Letsie Mphahlele) were horrible to work with. We were made to work individually in a kitchen where we had to cook food from scratch, bake ****ins, make sandwiches, bake the pies, wash dishes throughout the day and clean the kitchen, the shop, toilets and locker rooms too. We had a walk in freezer that had no proper PPE and when I asked when it'll be bought the assistant manager (Lebo) would say he doesn't know. We were expected to wear spare jackets from the storeroom that were more often not available, were dirty and weren't the right size. I had to access the freezer and it's content unprotected and would have frost bites everyday. I expressed to the manager and assistant manager that I have an asthmatic history and me being in the freezer with no protection would make me sick and I begged them countless times to buy the suits meant to access the walk in freezer with before I fall sick again and I was quickly brushed off and 5 months after working there my asthma came back more aggressively. The contracts we signed were 3 month probation contracts that expired end of February 2021 and were never renewed (to my knowledge, even today workers that remain there don't have their contracts renewed). Instead of management renewing the contracts, we were told we shouldn't rush and we were threatened with dismissal 2 months after the contracts expired and told if we give management a problem they won't renew our contracts and we will be dismissed. To date, more than 15 employees have either been dismissed unfairly or resigned. I fell sick in late April 2021 and was booked off for a day but I ended up bed ridden for 3 weeks but keeping in contact with the manager. He called me within the 3 weeks to come and sign for "something" and I had to get up in my sick state and go there to be served with a dismissal letter on May 21st 2021. I decided to take the matter to MIBCO and we (myself and Sasol Protea Glen) were called for reconciliation/mediation in August 2021 and the official mediation in November 16th 2021and no one from Sasol Protea Glen showed up and I won the case. They were issued with the report and an order to pay me as the case was found as an unfair dismissal in December 2021 and to date they haven't paid me. I also contacted the labour department in respect of my falling sick at work and was told that Sasol Protea Glen needs to fill in paper work for workman's compensation and benefits to be paid to me. I've been in constant contact with them since last year via email and they still refuse to pay me. They also dont pay us in full, the former assistant manager (Lebogang) came out admitting that monies weren't paid in full. The former manager Victor also measured KPI's with hearsay from other employees. They claim to have paid me a minimum of R5675.35 every month when the best I got was R2 500. I barely went to the bathroom because the kitchen is always busy and the day I decided to take a bathroom break the manager (Victor) came running after me and called me out of the bathroom to come and serve a customer. I was made to clean toilets and come back and serve customers food in the kitchen. Please someone do something about this place and help me get what's due to me.
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Sasol queries team
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Sasol queries team
Please kindly take it up with your union (MIBCO)
Kind Regards,
Sasol Queries & Enquiries
Please kindly take it up with your union (MIBCO)
Kind Regards,
Sasol Queries & Enquiries
Noted, I believe they will
Noted, I believe they will
