Termination had nothing to do with performance, says ex-employee

Termination had nothing to do with performance, says ex-employee

THERE are a number of factual misrepresentations in last Saturday's article, 'Centre manager sacked for insubordination, says vice-president', which I wish to clarify.

I started work in Aware in February on a part-time short-term contract basis. My contract was to end on May 31. I was not meant to work part-time after May as reported.

April 10 was 13 days after the annual general meeting (AGM) on March 28, not 'very shortly after the election results' as Aware vice-president Charlotte Wong said about reporters contacting the new exco members. On April 10, Mr Wong Kim Hoh's story on the AGM was published. On April 11, in an e-mail message, Ms Wong complained to me about breach of confidentiality.

The fact is, I was away from Singapore on a holiday from April 1 to 8 and went back to the office only on April 9. I had no access to the files while away. Mr Wong certainly did not get the numbers from me as Ms Wong alleged.

On April 14, when I discovered the powder-filled envelope, Ms Wong was besieged by reporters in the Aware centre. I did not want to alarm the reporters further. I slipped out quickly and quietly as my priority was not to put health at risk if the powder was a bio-terrorism substance.

Similarly with electronic newsletters to members. I wanted members to get the extraordinary general meeting notice sooner as they were asking for it. If I knew what to do, why did I need to wait for an executive decision? How is it insubordination?

When faced with IT problems, I will call our vendors. On April 17, at around 4.30pm, I gave Ms Wong the password for the president's e-mail that had been used previously by Mrs Constance Singam. She tried and told me the password was wrong. I had no idea the password was changed. I called the administrator to rectify the problem immediately. Within an hour, I gave Ms Wong a new password before she left for the day.

Whenever Ms Wong complained to me about online registration of members, I alerted the webmaster. He has since enabled his programmer to receive e-mail confirmation of every online registration so mistakes may be spotted right away. As far as I know, the problem is looked into. I have done my job. It has nothing to do with my performance.

Schutz Lee (Ms)

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