TAP this Tuesday dismissed the executive president’s meddling in hiring a new director, despite a “recent personal relationship”, and underlined that Isabel Nicolau has “two decades of proven evidence” leading teams in tech companies.
“At the beginning of October we hired a new process director, ‘real estate’ [imobiliário] and sustainability, with more than two decades of experience leading technical and commercial teams in engineering companies,” began with a reference to TAP’s Executive Committee in a note sent to workers and to which Lusa had access.
At stake is the news, put forward by some media on Tuesday, that a new director has been hired for the airline, which is undergoing a restructuring process, with no aviation experience and who is said to be a friend. Ourmieres-Widener.
“The selection process was conducted solely by the respective area administrator and the Director of Human Resources, who interviewed three candidates for this position, without the current CEO having any participation in the decision”is in the same note.
The Executive Committee stressed that “Nevertheless, because this new director has a recent personal relationship with the current CEO, her hiring is associated with this fact, which is being rejected”.
In the note sent to the employees, the company also makes it clear that the amount of 15,000 euros referred to for the salary of the new director, which has been advanced in the news, “does not correspond to reality, because it is significantly lower. is”.
TAP recalled that the company’s restructuring process “has defined goals that must be achieved to ensure the sustainability of the company”, and therefore the management team has “provided the necessary skills to the various structures of the company, whether in areas that benefit from industry experience in aerospace or in areas enriched with functional skills from other industries”.
“It is natural that this transformation process of TAP – which is underway – has met resistance, but the company cannot help but treat responses of misuse and defamation as such”concluded the Executive Committee.
Source: DN
