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SHAH ALAM (Bernama): Chairil Anwar Sabar led an enviable lifestyle as he ran his own company, owned a comfortable house and some vehicles.
Then the Covid-19 pandemic and the motion control order (MCO) happened, sending his business into a tailspin.
Chairil Anwar, who is over 50 years old, started her own small metal stamping business in Rawang, Selangor, 13 years ago and built it from scratch.
“We used to make metal seals for the production of automotive products and sports equipment, among others, and my business was thriving,” he told Bernama.
He said business slowed down when the MCO was installed and before he knew it, he had to close the business.
It stopped receiving new orders, was unable to pay the salaries of its five workers, and owed a lot of money to its suppliers.
Chairil, who has seven children between the ages of two and 27, tried in vain to find another job.
After three months of being unemployed and his savings rapidly depleting, he accepted an offer to join Pos Malaysia’s Pos Rider program in late May.
Pos Rider Delivery Agents
Chairil Anwar is among 1,400 Pos Rider agents appointed by Pos Malaysia during the MCO period. The Pos Rider initiative, introduced in September 2019 to smooth their parcel delivery capabilities, also created many job opportunities for those who had lost their source of income during the MCO.
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the nation’s economy and many companies were forced to reduce their workforce or shut down their operations.
According to statistics from the Employment Insurance System of the Social Security Organization (Socso), as of September 10, a total of 79,737 people lost their jobs this year.
Malaysia’s unemployment rate rose to 4.9% in June from 3.3% in February this year.
Pos Malaysia, on the other hand, created job opportunities during these critical times by appointing 1,400 Pos Rider agents during the MCO period alone.
Chairil, who as a Pos Rider agent handles package deliveries to the Kota Kemuning and Bukit Rimau areas in Selangor, said: “My new job is very different from what I did before. Now I don’t have to wear a suit and I don’t. an air-conditioned office. But I’m happy and I enjoy meeting all kinds of people every day. “
He said that as a Pos Rider, you can earn up to RM2,500 a week if you work hard Monday through Saturday and do around 150 package deliveries a day.
“In four weeks, it is possible to earn around RM10,000. It is not a humble job and I am not ashamed to be a Pos Rider,” he added.
When he first became a Pos Rider, he worked part-time, but decided to go full-time when he realized his earning potential.
“Now I can take care of my family and pay off my debts,” he said.
Job security
Sharing Chairil Anwar’s sentiment is Muhammad Hafidz Ahmad Fadzil, 33, who quit his job as a professor at a private university and later became an agent for Pos Rider. In fact, he has committed to his new job for the long term, as he feels that it is safe and stable.
The father of one said he had to accept a substantial pay cut during the MCO while working at the university and that his take-home pay was barely enough to make ends meet.
“I decided to quit and look for another job. It was not easy to find a job then and I had to borrow money from my parents to survive,” he said, adding that things changed for the better after he found a position. Cyclists ad on Facebook.
Muhammad Hafidz’s application to be a Pos Rider agent was accepted and he has never been happier.
“Now it has become my permanent job and, best of all, I am making double what I made when I was a teacher. I can pay back the money I took from my parents and I am even helping a younger brother who is struggling financial, “he said, adding that now he can also spend more time with his family.
Full commission
Muhammad Hafidz also expressed his gratitude to Pos Malaysia for allowing Pos Rider agents to keep 100% of the commission for each package delivery.
“Pos Malaysia is really helping people like me who lost their jobs as it does not require any percentage of the commission we earn,” he said.
Mohamed Rozaidi Md Sharif, Executive Director of Postal Services, said Pos Rider’s delivery partners played a critical role during the MCO, helping Pos Malaysia deal with the increase in parcel volume.
Package volume soared to a record during the MCO, prompting Pos Malaysia to turn to its delivery partner, Pos Riders, to cope with delivering items to customers.
At the time, Post Malaysia processed an average of 487,000 packages per day, with the highest number reaching 800,000 per day.
“It was a given that the number of delivery partners during the MCO was not enough to handle the high volume of packages, but our Pos Riders went ahead and did a wonderful job of completing deliveries quickly and safely to our customers.
“Because of this, we were able to cope with the unexpected increase in package volume,” he said.
The Pos Rider program, he explained, is one of the initiatives of Pos Malaysia’s transformation strategy carried out since 2019 and aimed at achieving long-term and sustainable returns for the company and providing the best offers to customers.
The Pos Rider initiative has also enabled the company to run its operations at a lower fixed cost compared to employing additional full-time staff to cope with increased package volume.
One million packages
Pos Malaysia only sees an increase in the variable costs of commissions paid to its delivery partners which, according to Mohamed Rozaidi, is manageable for the company in the long run. Each Pos Rider can earn up to RM6,000 in commission for delivering packages to Pos Malaysia.
“We are pleased that the Pos Rider program is meeting its goal of providing job opportunities to the communities around us while helping to keep our costs low so that we can continue to offer affordable postal services to customers.
“Our priority is always ordinary rakyat and we are committed to meeting our obligations to the nation, ranging from job creation to providing basic, accessible and affordable postal services as required by the Universal Service Obligation (USO).” , He said.
He said the transformation of Pos Malaysia to digital platforms is timely and has prepared the company to adapt to the change in consumer behavior during the pandemic.
“As more and more consumers and businesses turn to e-commerce, the successful execution of the transformation plan is crucial if Pos Malaysia is to benefit from the new normal,” he added.
Pos Malaysia is confident that the Pos Rider program can help mitigate the cost of delivering one million packages a day, which the company aims to achieve by the end of 2021. – Bernama
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