Shape up and show up for work, says Royal Greenland

Greenland’s largest company, Royal Greenland, is considering closing one of its shrimp factories because employees aren’t showing up after pay day.

The newspaper Sermitsiaq said productivity at the company’s shrimp factory in the Southern Greenland town of Narsaq has dropped because many of the company’s 70 employees haven’t shown up since the last pay day, and the company is having problems replacing them.

“We needed 55 workers and contacted the town’s employment agency,” said factory director Elias Didriksen. “Only eight accepted our offer, even if there is unemployment in the town.”

If the factory can’t man its production lines, it may have to close down temporarily after next the pay day and tell shrimp trawlers to take their catch somewhere else.

Royal Greenland’s factory in the western Greenland town of Ilulissat has also experienced worker absences after pay day, the newspaper reported.