LawSoft Joint Stock Company, a client of VietnamWorks,
the most well known and professional human resource solution provider, has
threatened to take legal proceedings against VietnamWorks, because the human
resource service provider removed a job advertisement of LawSoft from its
website.

Several days ago, a strange advertisement appeared on VietnamWorks’ website. The
ad read that LawSoft was seeking suitable candidates to work as an assistant to
the director of the company who will be in charge of personnel issues and
interior affairs. The candidates must have some requirements. They need to have
good memory and have wide social knowledge, and especially, they can drink at
least seven bottles of beer and wine.

However, the advertisement piece which has been described as “funny” was later
removed.

In the document sent to VietnamWorks LawSoft has requested the human resource
service provider repost the advertisement or it will bring the case to the HCM
City’s court and claim damages of 1000 dong. LawSoft believes that VietnamWorks
suddenly removing the advertisement without an agreement between LawSoft and
VietnamWorks has broken the contract signed between the two parties.

LawSoft has affirmed that VietnamWorks must post the advertisement prior to
December 19, 2010.

Bui Tuong Vu, Director of LawSoft, said that the company does not aim to get
compensation if it sues VietnamWorks, because 1000 dong is very small. However,
LawSoft wants to prove that VietnamWorks has broken commitments.

LawSoft is a regular and loyal client of VietnamWorks and the two sides have
been cooperating for six months. LawSoft has paid service fees to VietnamWorks
19 times. Under the contract, LawSoft will have to pay $79 for each time the
advertisement piece is published, and for 30 days

The advertisement was edited by Vu himself and it first appeared on VietnamWorks’
website on December 12. After that, it was removed from the website on December
16. By afternoon of December 15, 86 candidates had applied for the post, and the
employer is shortlisting the candidates.

Right after the news was removed, in the afternoon of December 16, LawSoft and
VietnamWorks had a meeting to discuss the problem. Explaining its decision,
VietnamWorks said that the advertisement piece is unprofessional and asks the
company to edit the piece, or it will stop publishing the piece and pay back the
fee. VietnamWorks said that if the piece with the same content continues
appearing on the website, VietnamWorks will lose its prestige.

However, Bui Tuong Vu believes that VietnamWorks cannot impose the regulations
on ad content for LawSoft. “Every employer has his own method. Meanwhile,
LawSoft does not want to follow a normal way that is used by many other
enterprises,” he said. “We did not violate the law and our advertisement is not
contrary to the national habits and customs”.

In fact, the advertisement and its strange requirements has caught the special
attention of many people and candidates.

Explaining the odd advertisement, a, representative of LawSoft said that it is
very difficult and time consuming to find suitable people among hundreds of
applications. LawSoft wants to find people who can understand and fit the
culture and the working environment of the company. LawSoft wants to break the
old conventions and make the advertisement friendly to candidates.

Meanwhile, at VietnamWorks, Ha Hue city Chi, Marketing Director of VietnamWorks, said
that the company has received feedback from readers that the advertisement’s
content does not use professional language, and that the piece uses the language
of teenagers. Therefore, the managers of the company have decided to remove the
ad and renegotiate with the partner. It is estimated that 5000 people had read
the piece before it was removed from the website.

In the latest news, the advertisement has been edited and reposted..

Source: VnExpress