Čađenović employed more than 200 people in "Čistoća", Hot announced layoffs: 27 people work in 14 square meters

For four years of managing the Podgorica company "Čistoća", former director Andrija Čađenović from the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) employed more than 200 people.

The situation is now such that there are 27 employees working in 14 square meters, some of whom do not even have their own desk, chair or computer, but by their own admission, they enter the office when one of their colleagues leaves.

The new director, Denis Hot, who was appointed to that position by the Europe Now Movement (PES), announces the dismissal of 70 workers, because the company is on the verge of bankruptcy.

The most numerous Podgorica company "Čistoća" has as many as 672 employees, of which almost 30 percent are in the administration, claims the current director of "Čistoća" Denis Hot from PES, who accuses his predecessor Andrija Čađenović from DPS of party recruitment.

He says that during the time of Čađenović, the number of employees increased from 485 to 672, which is supported by documents.

Čađenović did not respond to the call of Television Vijesti to respond to these accusations.

Due to what he says is chaos in "Purity", Hot is soon announcing layoffs.

"According to the systematization that I submitted to the Board of Directors, there are 70 employees, but I say again that it can be optimized with more, but we have a specific problem with sick leave and you have to replace those employees, you cannot work without them," said Hot.

"It is difficult to talk about the fact that it is possible to fire all these people because in the majority of cases they are formally and legally employed in a legal way because the procedure has been followed," said lawyer Veselin Radulović.

27 people work in two connected containers, that is, in 14 square meters. Therefore, each employee has less than two square meters of work space.

This is the case in almost all sectors.

Muzafer Muradbašić, who has been working at "Čistoća" for more than 20 years, says that during Čađenović's mandate, he met new colleagues in the administration every day, and that the company chronically lacks drivers, cleaners and mechanics.

Hot also stood behind this claim, pointing the finger at the judiciary and the labor inspection.

"The labor inspection does not give us guidelines on how to correct these irregularities. There are certain court practices that legalize such employments," said Hot.

The excessive number of employees put a financial burden on the company, says Hot, so last year ended with a loss of more than one and a half million euros. The increase in salaries due to changes in the Branch Collective Agreement (GKU) and the write-off of vehicles also contributed to the minus.

"It was constantly mentioned in the reports that 'Cistoća' has 27 vehicles and no one stated that maybe seven of them will never be in operation. A good part of them should go for scrapping. That's why we hired an expert who, with his assessment, reduced the value of the fixed assets, of these vehicles, for 400.000. That 400.000 then becomes an expense, that is why it appeared," said Hot.

Scenes from "Čistoća" are unmistakably reminiscent of scenes from Podgorica's "Vodovod" and numerous other city enterprises that for years served to employ party staff and secure votes.

The examples of energy companies and public institutions and companies show that even the new government does not abandon this practice.