Banif. 420 former employees lose jobs when complete Santander merger – TSF Online

Banif employees Ancients who passed for Octant may be jobless when the Spanish bank finished migration of computer of old systems Portuguese institution.

Miguel Barbosa, a former state representative in Banif (and now president of the financial vehicle created to absorb assets, including some toxic, that Santander has rejected negotiation with the Bank of Portugal ) ensures that it will do everything to protect the 420 former workers of the Portuguese institution that are in Octant. “We’re reorganizing as much as possible of the assets we have and try to prepare a structured process of selling these assets involving the human resources component,” said the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry to the resolution of Banif.

Barbosa explained that more than 500 workers who moved into Octant (however, due to many outlets at will, are now about 420) were mostly pictures of the central Banif services.

420 former employees of the Banif lose jobs when Santander complete fusion, a working Hugo Neutel

These people continue, today, to do exactly the same service, needed to call the operation “Banif network” of Santander. the old set of Banif branches still working with the same computer system

a “temporary situation” , explained Miguel Barbosa, “until the Santander migrate information management systems for their own systems.” “As this process is being conducted, the reason for this support disappears,” he said.

At that time, “there will be some who find alternative career paths, others will take terminations by mutual agreement, and others will have to have to find alternatives, “he said.

Ear by TSF, Rui Riso, President of South Bank Employees Union and Islands recalls that there was a commitment and a guarantee by the Government that jobs were secure and that workers were needed.

Rui Riso, the union president the South Bank and Islands recalls the commitment by the Government

Rui Riso ensures that it will ask for more clarification, but leaves already from the lament that, by computer migration issues, some workers will lose their jobs.