By Amin Kef Sesay
The China Railway Seventh Group (SL) Co., Ltd (CRSG) has held its Annual Commendation Meeting for Employee of the Year on the 20th January, 2022.
In attendance were one hundred and thirty four (134) dedicated staff members, representing the civil engineering, mining, trade, administration, security and support staff units, who were present to witness their colleagues being commended for excellent service. Certificates of honor and prizes such as cash, rice, cooking oil and milk powder were presented by the Management of the company to the beneficiaries.
In addition to the awards for outstanding Managers and employees, CRSG also distributed awards for outstanding contributions; advanced employees in safe production; active employees; scholarships for outstanding managers; and outstanding work teams.
It was deemed that the gesture demonstrates to all employees that their long term future lies within the CRSG fold, as well as to foster a healthy, positive and harmonious working environment for all.
The company showed appreciation to employees that have made outstanding contributions to CRSG. As a result, CRSG seeks to incentivize them by supporting their families and their children’s education.
This year, the company has set up scholarship scheme geared towards providing ground breaking educational support for the children of employees who make outstanding contributions. The scholarship scheme will ensure employees experience the warmth and care of the company, as well as ease their family burdens.
Alhassan Bangura, representative of the winning employees, said in his speech: “I am very grateful to China Railway Seventh Group for providing quality jobs for the employees in Sierra Leone. It can help employees’ families live a better life. I am proud to be a Management staff within CRSG. This recognition provides encouragement for employees and can make us more motivated and passionate in executing our functions. I will encourage other employees to learn the company’s regulations, improve our personal skills and enhance the overall quality, so as to contribute to the better, faster and stronger development of this company.”
For more than 10 years, CRSG has been committed to building a culture of mutual respect and understanding among expatriate and national employees. CRSG has provided thousands of job opportunities, trained a number of highly skilled staff and Management personnel. The company also pays attention to the development and growth of employees, cares for their families, helps employees in time of need and tries its best to protect employees during public health emergencies like Ebola and COVID-19 epidemics.
CRSG actively explores localization and cross-cultural management of foreign employees and has found a way for overseas operation and development that suits its own business module and meets the common vision of the company and employees.
It is reported that CRSG has formed a perfect staff incentive system of summary, evaluation, selection and commendation and will hold commendation ceremony annually. This will help raise the enthusiasm of employees and strengthen communication, interaction and team cohesion.
