SRG top management cuts its own salary

The nine-member SRG Executive Board, led by Director General Armin Walpen, will forgo approximately 250,000 Swiss francs over the next two years.

The nine-member SRG Executive Board
under Chief Executive Officer Armin Walpen will refrain from
years to around 250,000 francs. As Blick writes, this means
Specifically, the salary of the top management will be reduced and Walpen and the
The remaining eight members of the Executive Board will relinquish their
two years on real and nominal wage increases. Walpen separates
even from his second company car and will therefore be able to use his
official car can also be used as a private vehicle. How the view
further reported, the salary cuts for top management represent an opportunity
for the approximately 5800 SRG employees. Because for them, according to
internal communication, there is scope for "moderate wage increases".
However, these latest developments are no coincidence. The
The Federal Council is currently reviewing the top salaries of all federal
Companies such as SRG, Swiss Post, Ruag, SBB, Suva and Skyguide. In addition
Communications Minister Mortiz Leuenberger under pressure. In June, he wrote in
in a letter to SRG President Jean-Bernard Münch that he expected a
Reduction in management salaries.

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