It’s sad a global BPO company like Aegis feels that the only way to win its businesses from the Philippines is by talking shit about us.
Wait, it’s not just sad—it’s despicable, underhanded and nakakainit ng ulo.
On September 2, the global outsourcing and technology company posted a video to their AegisOnline account on YouTube. The title: “Aegis: Spearheading Malaysia’s ‘Developed Economy’ Drive.” It got 3,087 views before it was removed by the user (check out the image above).
What was the video about? It raises five points why doing business in Malaysia is better than the Philippines:
1. Inadequate infrastructure
2. Unfriendly climate for smooth operations
3. Less security
4. Lack of government support
5. It falls in the environmental “ring of fire” making it prone to natural disasters
We don’t know what shit Aegis went through while they had an office here in the Philippines. What we know is that Aegis holding company, Essar in India, sold Aegis’ US, Philippines and Costa Rica operations to Paris-based rival Teleperformance SA for US$610 million in July.
Aegis no longer operates in the Philippines, but it is still in Malaysia, among other territories.
“Aegis always stated as fact that PH was the single biggest contributor to their revenue globally and has helped the company stay afloat. I should know as i was one of their AVPs and have attended a number of their management planning and review sessions all over Asia,” says a former Aegis employee who now says he will remove that employment history from his resumé.
Watch the video above—but before you get angry know that this was produced by a private company and not by the government of Malaysia.
Coconuts Manila has reached out to Aegis for its reaction.
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