by Theleaders-Online | March 12, 2020 8:32 am
PETALING JAYA: Saudi Arabian oil and gas company has recently been criticized for using a foreign worker as a mobile hand sanitiser. A Twitter photo which went viral recently showed staff members approaching the foreign worker to get their hands sanitised.
Pictures of an Aramco employee dressed as a hand sanitiser has prompted angry reactions online after they went viral on social media.
Netizens are criticising the Saudi oil giant after one of its employees was asked to wear the costume and wander the company halls amid the ongoing coronavirus scare, which has affected thousands of people worldwide.
Pictures of the employee were shared on Twitter by Saudi comedian and actor Hisham Fageeh along with a sarcastic caption that read, “Gulf class. Gift from Aramco.” The post, which soon went viral on social media, left many angry.
Following the incident, the oil giant, Saudi Aramco has expressed its “strong dissatisfaction with this abusive behaviour that was used to emphasise the importance of sanitisation”. A Twitter statement was released yesterday, March 11 saying they have taken “drastic measures” to ensure this does not happen again.
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