A detailed meeting with Team AIGETOA was held and concluded today on the issue of SET recruitment. The meeting was attended by Director (HR), PGM (Pers/SR) and PGM (Estt) from the management side of BSNL.

Team AIGETOA categorically conveyed that any lateral recruitment at a level higher than JTO/JAO equivalent is unacceptable to BSNL executives and will lead to serious unrest. We strongly demanded that the SET recruitment process be scrapped immediately and that management should instead focus on resolving long-pending HR issues.

Management stated that intake of freshers at E3 level is required for the company. In response, AIGETOA suggested that existing executives should first be promoted to a higher functional level than E3, and thereafter E3 may be made the entry level for executives. We informed management that a detailed proposal in this regard has already been submitted to the Hon’ble MoC and has reached their office. We demanded immediate implementation of this proposal and insisted that the SET recruitment be kept in abeyance till then.

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Management informed that the proposal received from the office of MoC is under examination and will take some time. We clearly stated that till such time, the SET recruitment process must be put on hold. We also warned that continuation of the process would compel us to launch strong organisational agitation.

Director (HR) expressed that the direction for SET recruitment has come from DoT and that stopping the process would be difficult. We countered by stating that management must apprise DoT of the prevailing ground-level situation and the growing unrest among executives. We categorically informed that if the recruitment process is not stopped, AIGETOA will initiate organisational actions, which will not be in the interest of BSNL.

Finally, Director (HR) assured that he will apprise higher authorities, including DoT, and revert. He also mentioned that the HR team is working on other assurances given earlier and that positive outcomes are expected.

AIGETOA welcomed any positive outcome but made it very clear that at this juncture, there will be no pause in our stand until the SET recruitment process is stopped.

The meeting could not be concluded due to late hours and will continue tomorrow.

Further updates will be shared.