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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is not facing a massive resignation from top executives, with 16 resigning en bloc. Instead, said its president Rais Hussin, it is normal for people to resign at the end of the year.
Rais said the resignations were on different dates and for various reasons. “No, I don’t think there will be a block resignation since (they are on) different dates, (for different) reasons.
“There are people who have resigned but not 16,” he told FMT, after a series of tweets that 16 executives had resigned en bloc from the MDEC.
Raid said it was normal for staff to quit at the end of the year or at the beginning of the year in search of new opportunities.
I was responding to tweets from Ahirudin Attan, who runs the Rocky’s Bru blog. Ahiruddin had asked Rais: “Is it true that 16 senior MDEC executives have resigned en bloc?”
Rais, who was appointed to the position in June last year, said a senior executive will join Sony’s regional office. “Others change careers and so on.”
Rais added that in any organization there are challenges and “things that we need to change and improve. There is no crisis ”.
He said that when change is pushed forward, staff can accept the change, adapt or disagree as they move forward.
“When people move forward, others join, MDEC continues,” he said, adding that there are many talents gravitating towards them.
In November 2020, MDEC in a press release said it was undergoing a major restructuring.
The press release said that in these unprecedented times, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, change was inevitable.
“Recognizing that digital transformation and adoption are crucial to capitalizing on new opportunities, it announced several new strategic areas driven by a newly created MDEC Operating Council.
Areas include strategy, transformation, artificial intelligence, adoption, investment, and skills.
