Strike at Golden Peacock hotel: Local staff accuse management of ‘bringing Beijing into Malawi’

Local staff at Chinese run hotel in the Capital City, Lilongwe have downed their tools, asking for paying hike and accusing the management of abuse.

Golden Peacock Hotel
Golden Peacock Hotel

Staff at Golden Peacock or Segcoa, an upmarket hotel at the city centre, say they will not allow management to bring ‘Beijing’ into Malawi.

Golden Peacock assistant marketing manager Malumbo Kondowe said the staff had engaged the management on several occasions on the issues to no avail.

“At one meeting, a supervisor asked for his pay rise. Instead of receiving the pay rise, he was shocked to get a demotion letter. He is now a mere waiter,” said Kondowe.

Kondowe said the salaries are very pathetic with some of the staff getting as low as K7, 000 a month, no leave grant and there are 23 Chinese expatriates at the hotel, taking up jobs that can well be done by Malawians.

He gave an example of a marketing manager and human resources manager whom he said hardly speaks English.

“They can hardly communicate with anyone in English (Malawi’s official language) yet they are here, doing what? What is the Immigration doing?” wondered Kondowe.

He said the hotel management also flatly refuses to offer transport in times of bereavement.

In addition, Kondowe said, staff are subjected to bad food when on duty, claiming they are given beans without tomato on daily basis.

All the local staff on Friday got out of their working places and gathered outside carrying placards to the surprise of guests who did not understand what was going on.

Management said they would address the issues at a meeting the management and staff were to hold jointly.

Gokden Peacock Hotel has 247 rooms

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Benjamin phiri
Benjamin phiri
8 years ago

Dis is rediculus….

Notis gogoda
Notis gogoda
8 years ago

When these foreigners introduce dare companies in our country thy called dare friends across de country and put them at high rank yet malawians are their who can also work extra hard instead thy are at lower position & gve them poor wages yet we hve ministries who can fight dis rubish thngs are here lyk ministry of labour & immigration.w@ r thy doing?

Richard
Richard
8 years ago

Adzipita kwao !! K7000 per month,they r not serious. Nobody can come and resurrect slavery on our own soil in 2016.This is what Malawians fought against at independence so why is it still happening 50 years later.

The problem with these kind of expatriates is they are very low educated,with shady backgrounds.They have 0 emotional intelligence.Instead of building good relationships with Malawians they are breeding rebellion with their cheap cruelty!

They dont contribute anything positive but instead constantly look for ways to take advantage and cheat.They are stupid!Kick them out of this country now!

Malanda
8 years ago

Poor Malawian

2016 welcome
2016 welcome
8 years ago

The west remains the best model of life. These oriental people are filthy. You wouldn’t hear this crap with western people

abbas oumar jr
abbas oumar jr
8 years ago

ntchito zina ?

Mlimi genuine
Mlimi genuine
8 years ago

This hotel must shut down. Malawians do not benefit from this. They employ more and more chinese. They have their own farm where they grow vegetables. Ndiye ifeyo amalawi timapindulapo chiani. The employees receive peanuts .

chindazi
chindazi
8 years ago

Do these people have work permits in Malawi… Immigration you have work here…

There are also guys who are running Gazeebo Restaurant opposite shoprite as you go to Alexanders Bar… the ones who have bought it recently!!!!!

The Gazeebo guys are involved in illegal entry of Indians in Malawi using their Toyota Voxy which is tinted white in color…

But am surprised almost every weekend an official from Immigration of high rank is always at Gazeebo chatting with these guys….. something not adding up…

Can you probe this aw well……?????????

BigMan
BigMan
8 years ago

At least they should pay minimum wages.

Myao
Myao
8 years ago

THATS Y TIKUTI BASI YAFIKA KWAO TITSIKE TISIYILE ENA IZI!!

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