Emotional Goyal announces sudden reversal

Mumbai: It was called the biggest lay off in Indian's aviation history. But two days after Jet Airways sacked over 800 employees and said the number would rise to 1900 there came a sudden reversal. An emotional Jet chairman, Naresh Goyal, announced that the company would take them all back at a hastily called press conference.
"I apologise for all the agony you had to go through for two days. You can all come back to work from tomorrow. We have decided to take back all the employees," said Naresh Goyal, Chairman, Jet Airways.
The sudden layoffs made headlines and were a blow to the company's image drawing reactions both from the Government and political parties.
Goyal said the decision had not been prompted by political pressure but by his own conscience.
"I couldn't take the sight of all these young boys and girls who had been laid off. I took this decision because of my own conscience. Not in response to any political pressure. I made this decision just now when I was on my way to this place with my wife," said Naresh Goyal, Chairman, Jet Airways.
The company had said it was forced to trim staff to cut its losses but Goyal claimed that he had not been consulted before the Jet senior management ordered the retrenchment.
"I was not there when this decision was taken. I came to know about it later," said Naresh Goyal, Chairman, Jet Airways.
16/10/08 Samriti Grover/NDTV.com

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