Ensogo Indonesia is said to start reducing its employees

Indonesian Ensogo (previously LivingSocial Indonesia) was reported to have laid off its employees a few days ago (23/12). Reported from DigitalNewsAsia compiled from a number of sources, that the news of layoffs was also experienced by several other countries was taken to streamline Ensogo's operations in the Southeast Asian region.

Have been one of the service providers daily deal most popular in Indonesia, Ensogo's business is now shrinking while their competitors Groupon still persist. Ensogo entity which is now the result of renaming iBuy after purchase the remnants of LivingSocial's business in Southeast Asia. In Indonesia alone, Ensogo is said to have laid off 36 employees, leaving 58 people on his team.

The downsizing of operations reportedly started in early December by releasing 22 employees of Ensogo Singapore. Not only that, his party in Malaysia also laid off up to half of their total number of 120 employees. While in Thailand, 58 people joined the ranks of other less fortunate employees.

If so, this is the second time the dismissal has been carried out by the company. Previously, as many as 28 people had been laid off last August. Most of them are employees of LivingSocial which has been acquired by the iBuy Group for $18,5 million.

Responding to this issue, Ensogo claimed that the number of employees whose terms of service were terminated was not correct. Unfortunately, they are also reluctant to present more accurate data as a defense.

Some go, of course some come. In addition to the dismissal, Ensogo reportedly recruited a new board of directors to strengthen their foundation. One of them is Martin Dudek as Chief Logistics Officer.

"We have very specific standards in recruiting human resources to give us the best ability to execute opportunities that may occur in the Southeast Asian e-commerce market," said Martin Dudek, quoted by Digital News Asia.

For additional information, the price of Ensogo's shares which are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange continued to fall to A$0.077 or around Rp. 777 per share on December 17 yesterday.