Extraordinary times require extraordinary decisions. The fact that the heads of the TX Group and the four sub-companies Tamedia, Goldbach, 20 Minuten and TX Markets are foregoing bonuses is an encouraging sign for the staff and an example of how other publishers can tackle this crisis. In recent days, there has been strong discontent, particularly from the Tamedia workforce, the TX company that includes all paid media. In an open letter, employees expressed their dissatisfaction israel rcs data with the announced short-time work and the threatened 10 percent wage cut - "despite the same or even higher workload," as they complained. This no longer has to weigh so heavily: TX Group announced on Friday, exactly one week after the short-time work was announced, that it would compensate employees' wages at 100 percent and that staff would therefore receive their usual wages despite short-time work.
This is very fair, if not generous, especially since many employees of other Swiss companies will have to accept a reduction in wages in the coming weeks. One must not forget that many other publishing houses do not have the financial flexibility that Tamedia has. In good times, they do not make such large profits and do not receive any profit-sharing for employees. So for now, not much will change for TX employees, at least until July, because these short-time work-related wage compensation payments will apply until then.