The end?

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• ▼ 2010 (5)
  • ▼ November (1)
    • The end?
  • ▼ October (1)
    • Soft reminder e-mail to KPMG
  • ▼ June (2)
    • Anniversary
    • Stories of the Past
  • ▼ May (1)
    • Preparing for the 1st Anniversary

• ▼ 2009 (25)
  • ▼ December (1)
    • Agni Energie's assets on auction
  • ▼ September (2)
    • WANTED : Mr C Thavarajah
    • Warning from a supplier on Agni Gencell, USA
  • ▼ August (6)
    • WANTED : PV Lingham (a.k.a Andy Lingham)
    • AGNI INC is on fire but the 'Fat Chicken' is hidin...
    • Bring it on - Sri Mohana Lingham!
    • The Challenge
    • WANTED : MALAR LINGHAM (a.k.a Madam)
    • Dear Madam
  • ▼ July (5)
    • WANTED : Sri Mohana Lingham
    • The destruction of Agni Energie
    • Agni Inc : Gave their workers a bounce pay cheque
    • Agni Energie : A Conspiracy Theory?
    • Agni energie misleading information in Jobstreet.c...
  • ▼ June (11)
    • The Lecture
    • Agni Inc : Terminated our dreams and hope
    • Cowardice?
    • What Are We Gonna Do?
    • The Answers
    • Why We Had To Let Engineers Go
    • 100 Engineers Lose Jobs Overnight
    • The reasons
    • Another Agni propaganda?
    • Pay Check Blues
    • The meaning of Lingham in Wikipedia

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Soft reminder e-mail to KPMG

Dear KPMG,

Appreciate your earlier assistant, appointed as R&M of Agni-Inc / Agni Energie and giving us a little bit of hope in our fight to gain back our salary and compensation.

However, its seems like you are holding our rightful salary & compensation for quite some time. Its more than 1 year since you have been pending to provide our salary & compensation.

Kindly provide us our salary & compensation as per your previous letters that you have sent to each of us. As we believe, a big firm like your are efficient and will fulfill its promises.

For your information, all of about 100 over families have been sufferred a lot during the retrenchment.

We hope to received our pending salary & compensation A.S.A.P.

We thank you in advance for your co-operation.


Regards,
Victim of the Evil Agni-Inc

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Anniversary

Happy first anniversary everybody.

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Stories of the Past

Hello friends,

To commemorate our 1st anniversary, I would like to compile all our experience in Agni Inc., sweet or bitter, in a post. I would also like to know what are you all doing right now, so we may build a network among us. You may send your stories, in English or Malay, to my e-mail, gank014@yahoo.com. Please state whether you want to be anonymous or you prefer Linghams come knocking on your door : P

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Preparing for the 1st Anniversary

Can somebody tell me what the f*ck is Linghams family doing right now?

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Agni Energie's assets on auction

LELONG! LELONG! LELONG!

Live Auction On the Instruction of AGNI Energie Sdn. Bhd. (In receivership) Event description:
Light Engineering, Fabrication Machinery & Electrical Assembly Equipment (Installed 2006/2007)

Featuring:

•Lincon Welding Sets
•Hand Tools
•Mitutoyo Metrology Equipment
•Power Tools
•Power Supplies
•Multimeters
•(50) Dell PC's
•High Quality Office Workstations, and Furnishings
•Toyota Forklift Truck
•Electrical Components
•Unused Motors, Electrical Switch Panels
•150KW Genset
•Steel Bar and Pipe and More


Auction notes:
Shipping Quotations available upon request
Notice to purchasers:
Inspection Details : By Appointment Only
Buyer's Premium : 15%
VAT / Tax : 5% of Buyer's Premium Applicable to Local Buyer's Only
Payment Date : 9 December 2009
Collection Date : 18 December 2009

taken from http://www.go-dove.com/auctions/AuctionDetail.asp?auctionID=13806

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WANTED : Mr C Thavarajah

• Thavarajah is the former Director of Compliance in Agni-Inc. He is the father-in-law of Sri Mohana Lingham. Father of Anusha Thavarajah (she is Sri Mohana Lingham's wife and the CFO of one the biggest insurance company in Malaysia) .

• He claimed that he have the experience of leading a lot of Fraud Investigation in finance, banking & stockbroking companies. He also proudly claimed that he had declined an offer to become a CEO in a well-known Stockbroking in Malaysia.

• Interrupted his sub-ordinate - Internal Auditors practicing their authorities. As directed by him and his son-in-law, any findings on Sri Mohana Lingham, Madam, P.V Lingham, families and friends were to be drop. Sri Mohana Lingham, families and friends were immune from any findings report of Auditors.

• 3 Question to Thavarajah

1. Where is the authority of independent checking for auditors?
   
2. Where is the so-called audit comittee?
3. Where is the CORPORATE GOVERNANCE?

• Known for his phrases, "My whole life is a top-secret, I keep all of company's secret to my grave." But, to us.... "His whole life is a FRAUD, you keep all of company's FRAUD to your grave!"

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Quoted from H@cker's The Answers

I heard before joining Agni, he works in a Legal firm (I'm not too sure). His daily schedule:
i. Arrive at the office
ii. Switch on the PC, checking e-mails
iii. Drink coffee
iv. Read newspaper
v. Meet his subordinates
vi. Talk 2 Mahesan about SLIPPER issue (1 hour)
vii. Lunch time
viii. Lying to somebody
ix. Another round of SLIPPER discussion with Mahesan (2 hour)
x. Go back home with full of satisfaction..

hahahaha...

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Warning from a supplier on Agni Gencell, USA

Agni-Gencell Do not do business with them! 203-264-2515 +6562923122
September 14, 2009

If you are finding this posting then you probably also were scammed by Agni Gencell. We design and build automation machinery here in Ct. We had a purchase order for a very large automation machine to build for them. The PO and down payment were issued, and we began work on it. As we continued our Progress on the machine, Peter Allen, the son of Gencell’s founder, Jeff Allen, told us the company had a potential buyer. There was a Malaysian company named Agni that would be buying them. At this point Gencell was already about 2 months late on their payment. gencell said once the acquisition was complete by Agni, they would pay the late payment, and then we could resume working on their automation system. Well needless to say this dragged on for months. Peter Allen ended up quitting Gencell leaving just his Daughter in law, Joan Allen. She was also full of empty promises about making the payments. We ended up calling our lawyer which basically said “Get in Line, they owe everybody”

DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT do any work for Agni Gencell, or even invest in their company. It is all a scam. Stay away, and save your money...........

Taken from http://packardinc.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/agni-gencell-do-not-do-business-with-them-203-264-2515-6562923122/

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WANTED : PV Lingham (a.k.a Andy Lingham)

• PV Lingham, also known as Ir. Andy Lingham is the former Managing Director of Agni Energie (Agni Inc Malaysia).

• He is the father of Sri Mohana Lingham (Dr Sri Lingham) and husband to Malar Lingham.

• PV Lingham together with his Sri Lankan wife, Malar Lingham and his son, Sri Mohana Lingham seems to be more powerful than the Board Director of Agni Inc. (father, mother, & son)
  

• Due to this unprofessional practice, Agni Inc and its subsidiaries have a lack of corporate governance.

• Lot of emotional decisions were made by the trio instead of rational & strategic decisions.
  

Quoted from H@cker's The Answers

Someone told me that he's a year younger than his wife.
Not much to say about him, but please la, if u r 80 n above, stay at home, play with ur grandchildren, pray a lot to God, etc.

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AGNI INC is on fire but the 'Fat Chicken' is hiding

Agni placed under receivership
Move follows default on 15m euro loan
By PAULINE NG
IN KUALA LUMPUR
Published August 17, 2009

RECEIVERS and managers (R&M) have been appointed for Singapore-based alternative renewal energy firm Agni Inc and its fully- owned Malaysian subsidiary Agni Energie following the former's default on a loan.

KPMG was appointed the R&M for both the companies after Agni defaulted on a loan of 15 million euros (S$30.9 million) from UK-based Bond Capital Partners (BCP). KPMG Singapore is the R&M for Agni Inc and KPMG Malaysia, for Agni Energie, an Agni creditor told BT.

Worrying signs that the family-owned business was in trouble emerged in June when Agni Energie abruptly laid off staff at its 100,000 square foot factory in Shah Alam, Selangor.

According to news reports, some 100 employees were given short notice of termination. The plant has since been closed.

Staff at Agni's Singapore office could not be reached and BT is given to understand that following the termination of the lease, the company had moved out.

BCP's corporate website states that it helps provide late-stage structured finance investments in mid-market enterprises that are planning a realisation event within 36 months, either through a listing, trade sale or recapitalisation. It lists Agni as one of its portfolio companies.

Whether the company's financials were affected because of the financial maelstrom is unclear, but in November Agni still claimed an order book in excess of RM600 million (S$246.2 million) in its media releases. (BIG LIE!) Attempts to contact its Malaysian chief executive Sri Mohanalingham proved unsuccessful. (FAT CHICKEN IS HIDING!)

An electrical engineer with 12 years experience as a banker, Mr Mohanalingham had planned to raise financing in January by the issue of Islamic debt papers for expansion purposes.

In an interview with a local newspaper, he said that Agni was targeting to raise some RM900-plus million in two tranches, but would test the market appetite with an initial RM255 million.

He had expressed confidence in the take-up, perhaps banking on Agni's niche as a designer and manufacturer of renewal energy technology to find takers.

The launch of the second tranche of RM600 million was planned for the second or third quarter.

An Agni supplier who has been unpaid for more than six months told BT the company had informed him that he would be paid once the bond issue was completed. (LYING TO SUPPLIERS!)

KPMG has since told him his chances of being paid are 'bleak' because he is an unsecured creditor.

Agni Inc had also proposed a reverse takeover of listed Netelusion at the end of last year in a deal worth US$236 million. However, the proposal, which was to see Agni injected into Netelusion in return for new shares in the loss-making online gaming firm, has since lapsed.

How Agni's operations in Portugal, Spain, the UK and US are faring remain unclear. According to reports, the company acquired US-based GenCell Corp - a molten-carbonate fuel cell developer and manufacturer - in January to complement its business.

Agni Energie appeared to be gaining business, in November announcing the construction of Malaysia's first biomass-to-energy plant. The 10MW plant was to be sited in Bera, Pahang, and would use empty palm oil bunches as feedstock.

Earlier this year, it said that it had been awarded the engineering procurement and commission turnkey contract by a local company to build a 12MW plant in Sarawak.

from:- http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/sub/news/story/0,4574,346280,00.html?

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Bring it on - Sri Mohana Lingham!

The following are the collection of messages from ex-staff of Agni Energie(Agni Inc Malaysia) to Sri Mohana Lingham (a.k.a Dr Sri Lingham). Please take note that all names were changed to safe guard the interest of the respective individuals;

Barrack Obama (7/15/09) said:-

We are so stupid to trust this fu!!!!!g agni . Now we have take back the cheque and do complain or what!!!!!!!!! I dont know what to say to you guys.....including was stun..this morning. the way agni dis to all of us...... Just wait and seee.

John Trovolta (Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:04 PM) said:-

...tis people are conman...actually they never did any project till finish since 2003, and they been surviving by using grant from diff country. This is true enough, as confirm by one of the staff!!. NO datuk will buy this shit company especially when they borrow bon from Singapore for 100 million Sing dollar. Even if they sell the company and the equipment inside wont get 20-30 million. Do what ever you all thin its necessary. ANYBODY GOT DR>SRI ADDRESS!!!!!!!!!??????

Freddy Mercury (Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 1:10) said:-

3rd party personnel finding DR SRI LINGAM the fat chicken to resolve this matter, but they alwiz fail to caught hold of that liar!!!!!! He is alwiz running here and there!

Micheal Jackson (Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:53 PM) said:-

We employees have suffered few months without pay, not to mention majority of us now still jobless today. We depend on our pay to survive, not like those investor which are just making loses and not at critical stage yet.

Faizal Tahir (Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 8:14 AM) said:-

..Dr.Sri-yg nih lagi la kuat pusing, knape tetibe bole nak fight untuk kite plak...klau die btol2 nak tolong kite, patutnye awal2 lagi die tunjuk..sblom ni bukannye baru sehari kite keje ngan Agni...byk sgt game yg diorang buat...

Samy Vellu (Rabu, 22 Julai, 2009, 10:43 PM) said:-

Agni knew from start about this frozen account and that's why Sri & co taken the server, accounts detail, list of employees, and cleared the so called library and also his room became paperless in that week wheheby he gave the remaining Agni staffs 1 week so called AL.

Jackie Chan (Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:44:07) said:-

We can't fight with them. So what we can do is find the people who is familiar to the law and get back our money. We r not beggar.

Shah Rukh Khan (Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:44:45) said:-

Shit Happens lah! I should have listen to few of our old friends (Ganesan Marimuthu, KPD, Ikram, Mr. Sashi and other quite~lucky staffs) to get the HELL out of that blood~sucking~HOLE much earlier when I could. I sincerely believe in "Work Is Worship" and I put all my energie at work, yet we got f**kin shit and asked to leave empty handed. I know every1 is f**kin pissed, but face the truth (also agreed by some1 else) ~ that Sri sucks B*bie's you nkow. So, they are giving us a run around. Get it!. Ofkos I dont wanna give up on my RIGHTS!!!!!. Like R said, we have to move foward + get a job + 2 if neccessary + keep an eye on this matter. When I first joined this shit, I respected every1, my boss Nirmala is de best boss I ever had, IT coliks++, I even respected the SRI family, until I knew their dark trades from Tan Sri Maniam. I still showed respect to them as all living beings (G.O.D's Creto), but will never forget this injustice. I just wish that every1 will get back their RIGHTS and dignity and move on. Cursing and swearing will only dig our graves deeper.

We r still waitin' 4 any response from Sri Mohana Lingham, families and friends. Please refer to :- The Challenge

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The Challenge

I know Linghams and co. realized the existence of this blog. Nirmala has get into our shoutbox, making some noise, trying to defend themselves. To be fair, I would like to invite anyone of them, be it Sri Lingham, Nirmala, Madam, MJ, or even Maniam to defend themselves against our accusations.

Maybe Madam wants to tell us that the reason our salary been paid by cheques is because other companies have never thought of that 'innovative ' method. Or maybe MJ really thinks that a pipeline design can be made before GA is finalized. Don't ask me what GA is.

Sri, you can contact us at agnienergieevil(a)gmail.com. Or maybe you will be very happy to explain yourself to us, face-by-face. I'm waiting for your reply. Don't you want to hit me after all these writings about your stupidity? I really expect some good answers, matching your Ph.D. Please teach me some lessons on how to manage a business, because I'm thinking of starting a small business in my spare time. I'll publish all your answers, without prejudice.

(re-edited by Anti-Agni on 15/08/09 @ 01:26am - picture)

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WANTED : MALAR LINGHAM (a.k.a Madam)

• She is the former Director of Administration for Agni Energie.
  
• Also known as MADAM or Mrs APV Lingham. She is the mother of Mohana Lingham & wife of Ir. Andy Lingham.
• Always delayed in giving our pay cheques.
• Acting like a nice spiritual woman. But actually, she is a stingy and inhuman grumpy orthodox old grandma.
• Always miscalculated our salaries.
• Making lot of emotional decisions that burden the company's operation, finance and staff welfare.
• The list goes on......
  

Quoted from H@cker's The Answers

Malar Lingham aka Madam, Board of Director (it's rumored that she's 85 this year)An ego old lady who likes peoples begging her for their money. She is very careful with company finance, that's why every month we had to queue outside her room to collect our cheques. CHEQUES??! WTF??? Her reason using cheques as method of payment is that the company can save up to (RM2 x 200) - (RM0.50 x 200) equaling RM300/month, compared to much more easier way, that is by banking-in the salaries into our accounts. Eh Madam, I have told u already, ur stupid way of saving company's money is not gonna work because ur son keep doing the stupid decisions.

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Dear Madam

Dear beloved madam,

How's life? I really wish you, your husband, your sons and daughter, together with their spouses and children are in good health. I heard you fell and injured yourself several days after the termination event. Is it true? If so, please ensure your Indonesian maid and former Agni's general worker treat you nicely. If not, ask Sri to wallop them like he did to several workers a couple of years back.

Madam,

Our sweet memories together are still fresh in my mind. Do you remember that day? The day when I just have RM5 in my pocket to have my lunch? A day earlier you have given away some of our cheques, but I'm one of the unfortunates as you got headache dealing something which should be Finance Department responsibility. The next day, I really hoped that the remainder of us will get our cheques by lunch hour, so we can deposit it that time and I will not have to borrow money from my friends to eat that night. Can you ever imagine how I feel when somebody told me you are not willing to hand out the cheques until 5 o'clock? Upon hearing this, I knocked your door to beg for the cheque saying, "Madam, I only got Rm5, how am I going to eat?". Your reply was spontaneous, "I'll give you another RM5, but tomorrow you must repay me". OMG! You are so rich, live in big house complete with maids, driven everywhere in your big car, still you want me to repay RM5. I was really annoyed. I didn't beg for your RM5, I want my RM1947.25 to pay my rent, to eat, to pay my debts!

Madam,

Currently I'm working in a small company, located very far from my hometown. The company has seven workers, including me. My boss told me that he was really surprised when he go through Agni's website, wondering why i left a big company like that! I really wanted to laugh my head off, but just kept it to myself, telling him that I wanted to concentrate on a smaller scope, because in Agni, I don't really know what the hell I was doing!

Let me tell you a little bit of my company. It's located at a double storey shoplot, the ground level is the store where wee keep our instruments, valves, and machines, while upper floor is used as management office. My boss is a very simple man in his 60s, smoking rokok daun, drink, eat, and puff with us, the workers. The day I started working, they made a small feast at Pizza Hut, celebrating for a new project kick off also welcoming me as their new family member. The boss himself teach me how to install the instruments, the commissioning steps, etc. It's really helpful to have somebody experienced enough by our side, as it helps me a lot in understanding steam engineering. Unlike your son who knows the theory of energy by book, and not by doing it himself. Not enough with that, Sri also hired inexperienced peoples to be his puppets. Nobody in Agni has ever work in renewable energy field before. That's a fact.

I really miss the time we queue up outside your room. It's the time we feel really fucked up, waiting for you to search for our cheque, one by one. Eh Madam, have you ever think that your method was so fucking stupid? Why can't you just ask Finance Department to calculate our salary? Why must you yourself want to hand out our salary, when there are peoples who are reliable to handle the money? You think they cannot be trusted huh? The one who cannot be trusted is you and your son, running away with investors' money.

There's a lot I want to say to you, but I only have RM120 to last until the end of the month and this money should be used on food and gas only, not writing about you, scumbag. OK lah madam, I've to go back, cook some Maggi, my regular dinner. I'll write about you again, as people like you is very hard to find.

Love,

Amitabh Bachchan

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WANTED : Sri Mohana Lingham

Sri Mohana Lingham or also known as Dr Sri Lingham is the former CEO of Agni Inc. He is more evil & inhuman than capitalist. Until today, he is still doing his evil manipulative plan in other places. Only God knows where this sinner is hiding.

HE HAS COMMITTED THE FOLLOWING SINS;

• Terminated all of his employees without valid reasons, salaries and any compensations.
• Cheated his clients & suppliers.
• Gave a lot of misleading / false statement to the media.
• The list goes on......
  

BEWARE OF SRI MOHANA LINGHAM!!!!

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The destruction of Agni Energie

We have been fighting for our rights since 12th June 2009

Finally, the so-called renewable & alternate energy super power in the world, Agni Energie (subsidiary of Agni Inc) closed down. Dr Sri Lingham, families & friends have ran away. All remaining loyal staffs (including Agni Energie's Legal Representative) were also retrenched without any termination letter.

A 3rd party has took over the company.




We are still in the midst of getting our salaries & claims. Sob sob sob...

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Agni Inc : Gave their workers a bounce pay cheque

The Agni clumsy management had promised that all of the pay cheque for our salaries and other claims will be posted to us on 12th July 2009 (Sunday - see how clumsy they had pick up this date). Finally, the day had come. Some retrenched workers got their pay-cheque on the 11th, while others, received on the 13th and 16th. Sadly, there were some cases where the pay cheques did not arrived at their post box! (see, it is risky when Agni clumsy management tend to sent our cheques via AR register, because AGNI ENERGIE (AGNI INC) is the MOST EVIL EMPLOYER in Malaysia - currently, also in U.S and Europe).

Well, we thought - after all of us had received our pay cheques, we could wrap-up our blog and stop thinking about AGNI. But the story got worsen, because....

THE PAY CHEQUE BOUNCES... CEK TENDANG!!!!!!

The local bank had freeze Agni Energie Malaysia accounts. We cannot encash the cheques. The local bank had maintained a post indicator - 'No transaction' for Agni Energie Malaysia accounts.

During a discussion between Agni's Legal Representative with a group of Agni's ex-worker at Labour Office, a 3rd party had freeze all Agni clumsy management accounts due to legal reasons. We cannot disclose the reasons yet due to the fact was not clearly stated to us. The Directors even did not inform their own Legal Representative on that matter.... "Dr Sri Lingham, Families and Friends are running away?"

Now, all of us are relaying on the Labour Office to liaise with the 3rd party and Agni clumsy management.

However, Dr Sri Lingham, families and friends once again playing 'hide and seek' with all of us - as they had close the office & factory until further notice since 13th July 2009. The question arise, until when?

"Where are you running and hiding Dr Sri Lingham?"

"Shame on you!"

"You can run and hide, but GOD will punish you, your famillies and friends."


"Dud wH E re s my sa la ly ?"

"have 2 eat rock and salt eh?"

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Agni Energie : A Conspiracy Theory?

This is just a theory based on true fact. Remember that day when Agni Management terminated all of the us? Yes, that legal guy from Singapore Agni Office (he is second man to Ramani) told us the reason that the management were not paying us our 2 month salaries and compensation was due to short of fund.

Guest what?

Anti-Agni team had found out that the outstanding balance of Agni Energie current account in a local bank as at 26th June 2009 was 6 digit... almost reached 1 million Malaysian Ringgit. (we cannot give the exact figure because it is private & confidential). Therefore, Agni Energie (subsidairy of Agni Inc) had lie to us. Dr Sri Lingham had LIE us like we were stupid!!! The management, Dr Sri Lingham, Families and Friends were so selfish and never care about us. We had work hard for them!! They treat us like slaves and some might say, like a pieces of garbages.

Why? Why? Why?

Dr Sri Lingham want to see us suffer?

Dr Sri Lingham want to show off his power?

We had to fight for our right. Government Labour Office did not gave the support that we need. It is time to go further to lodge complaint MTUC and Industrial Relation (take note that we can only lodge complaint within 60 days after termination/retrenchment). We have to act fast.

The Subang Jaya Labour Office

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Agni energie misleading information in Jobstreet.com

Agni Energie

Renewable and alternative energy technology developer; Subsidiary of Agni Incorporated; Employs 145 people world wide.

Company Facts

Company Name :

Agni Energie

Industry :

Manufacturing / Production

Type of Company :

Private Limited Company, Local Based Company

Location :

No.16, Lorong Keluli 1B Kawasan Perindustrian Bukit Raja, Section 7 Shah Alam 40000

*The company prefers to receive online application for speedier processing.

Company Fax :

603-33618688

More Information

History

Incorporated in 1988. Malaysian operation commenced in 2002. Approximately 100 to 110 staff in Malaysia, with over 45 Engineers and Scientists;

Product and Services

Renewable and Alternative Power Generation Equipment, Plant and Machinery.

Financial

Malaysian Operation - Revenue of $40m for FY 2007; NEVER!

Culture and Values

Agni is a autonomous technology manufacturing and R&D company with offices in Barcelona, Delaware, Connecticut, Kuala Lumpur, Lisbon, London, Singapore. BIG LIE!

Benefits

Upper Quartile Salary, Performance Bonus; Shares; Stock Options; Medical Insurance; Travel; Opportunity to pursue fully funded Ph.D. research program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. WHAT THE HELL?

Other Information

High Growth Sector.

http://siva-my.jobstreet.com/_profile/previewProfile.asp?advertiser_id=12350

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The Lecture

Hi kids, I'm back! I know there must be some of you will miss me..hahaha..

I'm really sorry for not attending your class for the past few days . My throat was sore, my eyes were dry..but please don't be afraid, it's not swine flu. It's just the side effects of too much crying for the past fortnight..

Ok, what I gotta teach y'all today huh? Hurm, how about Business Management? What? Oh, I know this subject was not even in your syllabus yesterday, but what can I do? The government has just changed its policy yesterday..hahaha. So be it. As I'm waiting for the highest bid of commission from the textbook supplier, I'll take my materials from this website.

Sri, can u gimme a name of a company that nearly collapse because of bad management habit so I can make an anecdotal example? What? Agni Inc.? Good Sri, I've known for a long time that you are a bright student. According to the website, there are 6 tips to good business management.

First, please bear in your mind kids, even you are an expert in your field, that doesn’t mean that you have what it takes to be a business owner. In Agni's case, it's even worse. Let me read you the CEO's profile:

Sri Lingham, holds a doctorate in Electrical Engineering and is a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. Dr. Lingham spent 10 years in Investment Banking in the UK, Hong Kong and the US with HSBC, Merrill Lynch and GMAC. He had started investing in the Fuel Cell and Alternative Energy industry in the 90s and left Investment Banking to drive Agni Inc in 2002, with overall responsibility for execution and technology development. Dr. Lingham holds patents and visiting lectureships.

from http://www.agni-inc.com/mngmt.php

He has never worked as an engineer when he started the business and suddenly he became Mr. Know-All. Do you get what I mean?

The second point, hire the right peoples. You cannot ask a History teacher to teach Science to the students. He will teach you, but he will be unsure on what he's teaching. In Agni's case, Sri Lingham appointed managers who didn't have the experience handling power generation project. The engineers were not well-trained on the right standard of piping, heat exchangers, and pressure vessels design. I'm not blaming the managers and engineers, but I'm blaming the CEO, because he didn't ask for experts' opinion when he was starting the company. Someday, some of you will work as engineers and that time, you will know how tight is the regulations for oil and gas, power plants, and refineries. You will need vast experience to get involved in these projects. Training in this field is compulsory to avoid poor design thus tragedy.

According to the web, a business owner shouldn't appoint his relatives and friends to important designations in the company. Why? You should be professional enough to manage a company. In Agni's case, mother of the CEO controlled all finance matters, vendor payments, employees' salary, etc. Do you know kids, the workers had to queue up outside her room to collect their cheques? I think the CEO realized that what her mother was doing was not helping the company at all, but due to his respect to his mother he just zipped his lip off. Y'all should check this website for more classic results of hiring friends and families.

We continue to the next reminder of the website. Don't make snap decisions, planning strategy is everything. Lemme give y'all a question. Are you willing to spend millions of ringgit on something without considering various aspects? That's another problem of Agni Inc. The CEO always made hasty decisions, whether it's project decision, or company management decision. Kids, let me remind you, making a management decision is not the same with making decision of which clothe you should wear, it involve a lot of parties and cost.

Oh! The bell has rung, luckily..hehe. Maybe I'll continue with the other two tips next week, if the government doesn't change its policy..haha. Or maybe I'll teach something new to you. So kids, see you next week!

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