{"id":110584,"date":"2024-08-19T18:55:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T08:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=55437"},"modified":"2024-08-19T18:55:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T08:55:42","slug":"pkp-cargo-replaces-5-out-of-7-regional-directors-after-fake-job-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=110584","title":{"rendered":"PKP Cargo replaces 5 out of 7 regional directors after fake job scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PKP Cargo has dismissed five out of its seven regional directors. The move follows revelations about a widespread fake job scheme. Reportedly, regional directors awarded favoured employees fake positions and their corresponding salaries, draining the company\u2019s finances.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-55437\"><\/span>The Polish rail freight operator has not publicly confirmed that the dismissals relate to the fake job scandal. However, Polish publication Onet reported earlier that a \u201cpurge\u201d among the directors may be on the way following the revelations.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it seems that the report is being confirmed. The regional directors of the northern, Lower Silesian, eastern and western plants of PKP Cargo have been replaced. The director of the company\u2019s central plant has also reportedly been dismissed, but PKP Cargo has not appointed a replacement yet.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"readmore\">\n<div class=\"readmore-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/business\/2024\/08\/14\/pkp-cargo-had-fictitious-double-or-triple-jobs-possibly-fewer-layoffs\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PKP-Cargo-building-1-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"readmore-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-info\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/business\/2024\/08\/14\/pkp-cargo-had-fictitious-double-or-triple-jobs-possibly-fewer-layoffs\/\" class=\"readmore-title\">\u2018PKP Cargo had fictitious double or triple jobs\u2019, possibly fewer layoffs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Negligence and abuses<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe need for broad-based action in our company has never been as important and as necessary as it is now\u201d, the company\u2019s acting president Marcin Wojew\u00f3dka said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great negligence and a number of abuses that we have detected and that we are noticing at every turn force us to make radical decisions. However, in order to save our national powerhouse, which is of such great importance in the field of national security in the rail freight industry, we have to make them\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<h2>Fake job scandal<\/h2>\n<p>Last week, Onet published allegations of widespread power abuse at PKP Cargo. According to the publication, employees revealed that many people were awarded with fake jobs and the corresponding financial compensation, even if they did not really do the work. In one case, an employee worked only one job, but received compensation for four jobs in various departments of the company.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"readmore\">\n<div class=\"readmore-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/railfreight\/2024\/07\/18\/polish-minister-pkp-cargo-has-no-right-to-go-bankrupt\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ANP-496827098-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"readmore-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-info\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/railfreight\/2024\/07\/18\/polish-minister-pkp-cargo-has-no-right-to-go-bankrupt\/\" class=\"readmore-title\">Polish minister: \u201cPKP Cargo has no right to go bankrupt\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PKP Cargo has dismissed five out of its seven regional directors. The move follows revelations about a widespread fake job scheme. 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