German oil and additive specialist LIQUI MOLY is paying staff a bonus of €1,000 each as a ‘corona consolation’.
Rather than move to unpaid sick leave or redundancies, managing director Ernst Prost annoucned to cash to help 'protect every single employee while keeping production running'.
In 2017, the company announced it had more than 800 employees after doubling its staff numbers in over a decade.
He thanked his staff after almost the entire administration moved to work from home for 'mastering this balancing act between preventive health care and continued work'.
'Now, I can imagine that the current circumstances are not only time-consuming for you, but also involve additional financial expenditure. As a token of our appreciation, allow me to give you an extra EUR 1000 gross with your next salary payment – to a certain extent, as a financial corona consolation!
'The current developments are not leaving us unaffected either; the economic consequences will be brutal. That is precisely why we must now do our part to solve this crisis with our brains and wits, with commitment and diligence, and definitely with courage and confidence.'
All employees worldwide are receiving the same amount for this bonus – the department manager in Germany as well as the warehouse clerk in South Africa, LIQUI MOLY said.
With his gesture, Mr Prost hoped to set an example for the LIQUI MOLY family worldwide and also make money available that people may need urgently.
'Besides, spending money on the economy is exactly what we need right now to keep jobs,' he said.
'It is very gratifying to see how we come closer together in such a situation, do our work unwaveringly and pull together in solidarity.'
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