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获悉，安永英国将向1.75万名员工发放平均1100英镑的一次性奖金。安永是继德勤之后
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会计师事务所，此前德勤在3月份采取了类似举措（
3月底，德勤在全公司的网络直播中宣布，由于员工在疫情期间的努力工作，公司将给他们最高2000英镑的奖金。
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周四下午，安永英国董事长、英国及爱尔兰地区管理合伙人Hywel Ball通过视频信息向员工通报了发放这笔奖金的消息。
此次发放奖金的对象并不包括合伙人。
Ball在在接受天空新闻采访时说：“新冠疫情对英国人民、社会和企业产生了巨大影响，它改变了我们的工作和生活方式，对个人和家庭造成了巨大的伤害。”“正是在这种背景下，我为我们所有的英国人民感到自豪。他们在极具挑战性的情况下辛勤工作。我们今天宣布的奖金是为了我们安永合伙人向员工表达对他们的应变能力和忠诚表示感谢的一种方式。”
原英文报道如下：
At the end of March, the Queen’s Deloitte announced in a firm-wide webcast that thanks to employees’ hard work and determination throughout the pandemic the firm would be giving them up to £2,000. You know, as a way to say “hey, sorry we had to cut back when the panini scared the shit out of us even though we made more money last year than we ever have, here’s a little something to say thank you.” As my esteemed colleague Bramwell noted in his headline about the bonus announcement, it sure beats a pizza party.
Well it seems TPTB at EY UK agreed with that assessment and realized that pepperoni wasn’t going to cut it after seeing what Deloitte whipped out in lieu of haute kindergarten cuisine.
Via Sky News:
Sky News has learnt that EY is to hand an average £1,100 one-off payout to 17,500 employees – making it the second of the profession’s dominant quartet to announce such a gesture, following a similar move by Deloitte in March.
Staff were informed of the payout in a video message from Hywel Ball, EY’s UK chairman and UK and Ireland regional managing partner, on Thursday afternoon.
You’ll be relieved to hear partners are not eligible for bonus payouts. You’ll recall that the Rona already hit partners in their pockets when the firm announced a 20% cut in partner profits back in April 2020. They haven’t had the best year but no one has if we’re being honest.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on people, communities and businesses in the UK, changing the way we work and live, and taking a vast emotional toll on individuals and families,” said Ball in a statement to Sky News. “It is against this backdrop that I am very proud of our people across the UK. They have worked incredibly hard to support our clients and stakeholders during very challenging circumstances. The payment we have announced today is a way for the EY partners to express our gratitude for their resilience and exceptional commitment.”
That’s nice. And infinitely better than pizza. Maybe this whole lockdown thing hasn’t been all bad, maybe we’ll never have to stuff a single thank you slice down our throats at awkward office “parties” ever again.
Oh and in case the “entitlement mentality” headline went over your head, here read this.
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