Unpaid employee walks around with board reading 'SpiceJet spoiled my mental health'
In recent times due to lingering financial woes, SpiceJet owned by Ajay Singh has repeatedly failed to pay salaries to its employees on time.
Gurugram-based budget airline SpiceJet is not in the best of financial positions, to put it mildly. Due to lingering financial woes, the Ajay Singh-owned airline has failed to pay salaries to its employees on time.
Employees seem to have had enough and at least one of them has taken matters into his own hands in a rather unique way.
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Spicejet employees not getting paid
A video has surfaced on social media showing an unidentified SpiceJet employee going about his life, but also telling that world how it is going.
In the video, the man can be seen taking a ride on a crowded metro with a SpiceJet-branded suitcase and a placard saying, "SpiceJet spoiled my mental health."
Also read: Here's A List Of Airlines In India That Bit The Dust
"Video reminded me of that loyal Hutch pug song, 'You and I in this beautiful world,'" journalist Tarun Shukla, who shared the video on X, said.
Video reminded me of that loyal Hutch pug song, you and I in this beautiful world, just that in here :
¡ª Tarun Shukla (@shukla_tarun) August 2, 2024
An unpaid @flyspicejet employee has reached a point that he is taking the airline brand everywhere with a placard saying "SpiceJet spoiled my mental health."
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Spicejet not depositing PF
Earlier, on July 31, Shukla had posted another video on X, in which a SpiceJet employee was seen ranting about how he was not getting paid and how the company was not depositing the amount deducted as PF into the EPFO. The video was reportedly made by the employee sitting in the SpiceJet office and posted on Instagram.
So now @flyspicejet employees are sitting in office & openly @instagram ing that their provident fund is deducted but not deposited by company?
¡ª Tarun Shukla (@shukla_tarun) July 31, 2024
Salary is never given on time and not even when most of the next month is over?
Must be really fed up. Hope they get it soon.
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No PF contribution since January 2022
According to reports, SpiceJet has not deposited the Employee Provident Fund contributions for its 11,581 staff members since January 2022.
Last week, it was reported that SpiceJet had failed to pay the June salaries of its nearly 8,000 employees. The airline, in a statement, told The Economic Times that "Salaries for the month of June are being disbursed in a phased manner. To date, 95% of our employees have received their June salaries."
Also read: Trouble Mounts For SpiceJet As Lessors Get Three Planes Deregistered By DGCA
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SpiceJet forced to cancel flights from Dubai
The airline has been battling an increasingly worsening financial crisis, including its mounting debts to aircraft lessors.
On Wednesday, hundreds of SpiceJet passengers were stranded at Dubai airport after some 10 flights to various Indian cities were canceled due to non-payment of dues by the airline to the Dubai airport authorities.
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