Thursday, May 20, 2010

Greed Part 1

Is it corporate culture to stiff a partner? Mohandas Gandhi once said that, "There is sufficiency in the world for man's need. Not man's greed."

In an effort to gain more sales (not that there is anything wrong with wanting to make more money), Nestle has cultivated a climate of greed and fear amongst its distributors. Don't hit the quotas and you're fired. Some partner. Poor working conditions then they sic a lawyer to get a poor distributor to sign a quit claim (under duress).

They were hoping that Manny Villar would win because a Nestle official is related to the guy who lies and swims in trash. We see an emerging pattern here. It's all about the money. Except that in this case, they played hard ball in hopes they find a favorable new administration. Too bad. Money Villar is off to Europe to lick his wounds. Oh one of the new president's nephews works for them. Mahiya naman kayo. You already went through the late President Cory Aquino who was given a slanted view of their lies now they hope they have a connection.

Except that everyone's watching. No corruption. Get with the program, Nestle. Fix your shit.

They don't want to get into mediation with DTI because it will open a can of worms about poor practices. Should have resolved this before and quietly. Now they have to pay the piper.

If they had resolved this quietly and fired the parties that compromised the distribution deal gone wrong then none of this would have blown up.

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