Installment Of Employee Salaries, PTDI Calls Many Project Payments Dragged
JAKARTA - PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) revealed the reasons behind the decision to pay off employees' salaries. This condition is because project payments have shifted payment times by PTDI clients.
The issue of paying employee salaries with this installment scheme is known through the circulation of a circular numbered SE/028/030.02/KU 000/PTD/12/2023 regarding the Shortage of Payment for Salaries in November 2023. The letter was signed by the Director of Finance, Risk Management, and HR of PTDI Wildan Arief on December 15, 2023.
"This is because there is a payment process from several customers who still need time, even though the contract has been signed and effective," said PTDI Corporate Secretary Gemma Grimald confirmed, Monday, December 18.
Among them, continued Gemma, there was a shift in payments by the Philippine National Department of Defense or DND Philippines due to a change in leadership at the institution.
Selain itu, lanjut Gemma, ada pula kontrak modernisasi C130 TNI AU dan pengadaan CN235 TNI AL yang telah ditandatangani pemerintah dengan PTDI. Namun, saat ini masih dalam proses finalisasi menuju efektif kontrak.
"It is targeted that payments can be received from the Indonesian government in December 2023-January 2024," explained Gemma.
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Regarding the payment of this employee's salary, Gemma said that PTDI is also trying to earn from the optimization of non-productive assets such as old inventory that cannot be used for running programs.
"Actually, this salary issue has been anticipated and communicated, and discussed together with employee representatives. Therefore, until now employee salaries have never been deducted (reduced) for payments, it's just been paid in stages," he said.
Even so, Gemma emphasized that PTDI still has good business prospects in line with the signing of a number of contracts. One of them is the extension of the contract with Malaysian Royal Air Tentera (TUDM) for the maintenance of CN235 aircraft for the next 5 years.