FCB board boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge addressed his club via video. So the record master plans for the corona crisis.
- The corona virus * forces the Bundesliga and FC Bayern to take a break.
- At FCB, however, there will be no short-time work for the time being.
- The Bayern stars do without money.
Munich - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (64) chose a communication path similar to that used by Prime Minister Markus Söder in times of the Corona crisis. As the tz found out, the CEO of FC Bayern addressed the approximately 1000 employees of the German record champion last Friday with a video speech. For around four minutes, Rummenigge spoke in the TV studio on Säbener Straße about the upcoming challenges that the association will face in the coming weeks and months due to the virus pandemic. It was important to the CEO to give his employees courage and reassure them in this difficult time.
Corona crisis: no short-time work at FC Bayern - stars forego salary
Interesting: At FCB there will initially be no short-time work for the employees. As with all other employers in Germany, this has of course been an issue in the boardroom in recent days. It is also thanks to the players that the club will not register any short-time work, at least in April. Because: The team, the board of directors and the supervisory board waive 20 percent of their salaries in the corona crisis. According to tz information, this is the result of discussions between the club management and the team council. At first the picture had reported about it. A larger sum should come together: With sales of EUR 750.2 million in the 2018/2019 season, the record champion paid his team and his almost 1,000 employees EUR 336.2 million.
This scenario, which Rummenigge, sports director Hasan Salihamidzic and board member Oliver Kahn agreed with players Manuel Neuer, Thomas Müller, Robert Lewandowski, Thiago, David Alaba and Joshua Kimmich, is intended to strengthen the Bayern family and prevent impending disadvantages for the employees. While many employees can continue to work in the home office, many other employees are unable to do this, such as employees in the fan shops or in the FCB Museum. They would be encouraged to cut back on leave, like thousands of other employees in Germany.
Coronavirus: BVB professionals have a tiered model
Borussia Dortmund has also decided on a path of solidarity: At BVB, the professionals were allegedly presented with a tiered model for temporarily reducing payments. This is said to have met with approval: If there are no games, the team waives 20 percent of the monthly salary, in the case of ghost games 10 percent. In addition to the management led by Hans-Joachim Watzke, coach Lucien Favre has also voluntarily announced a salary waiver.
Manuel Bonke
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