Getir fires workers without compensation

The social and economic order has changed due to the coronavirus, which first appeared in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and spread all over the world.. After the coronavirus case, which was first seen in Turkey in March 2020, the state took a series of measures.. In addition to curfews, market working hours have been changed. With the quarantine process, citizens’ interest in services such as the online market application Getir and Migros Virtual Market has increased considerably.. Getir, which wants to meet the increasing need in Turkey with the quarantine process, started to recruit workers during the said period..

The normalization process started as of June 1

However, while the market hours gradually returned to their old order in Turkey, where the coronavirus decreased and entered the normalization process as of June 1, the quarantine process it’s over. According to the information received, it was alleged that there were layoffs at Getir.. It was alleged that the couriers were dismissed for reasons such as “exceeding the speed limit, not obeying the traffic rules”.. The couriers learned that they were fired when they came to the warehouse where they were working.

A Getir worker working in Ankara said, “We were working for 15 hours during the pandemic period.. What we did then, we do now. Things were fine for them during the quarantine period.. We were having trouble keeping up with orders.. Now, things have calmed down, they started putting us in front of the door for ‘security reasons’..

According to the news of Rıfat Kırcı from BirGün; Stating that the company Getir has a ‘security commission’ and that this commission checks the speed of the couriers in traffic or whether they follow the rules, the worker said:. We also set up a whatsapp group. We were going to do a contact closure action.. They took notice and disbanded the group.. There was no problem when they were doing well, now we’re put in front of the door.”

Threatened and fired

Another Getir worker explained: There is also vehicle transportation.. Vehicles come out on some roads. speed limit 80. A friend’s speed increases to 81 for 10 seconds while trying to overtake the truck in front of him.. The next day the friend comes to work and cannot log in to the system. Later, he was resigned so that he could not receive compensation.. They threatened, they said, ‘If you are fired, you will not be able to find a job, resign yourself’. left without compensation. There are about 20-25 workers that I know of who were fired.”

Bring statement

Following the news on the Getir company, internet news sites and social media made a statement about. Workers who have been dismissed from the company; It was stated that he exhibited behaviors such as running a red light, going in the opposite direction and speeding.. In addition, in the statement made, it was emphasized that there was an increase in the number of branches, while additional employment was provided to more than 1000 people in June alone.

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