{"id":238213,"date":"2021-06-24T06:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T04:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/?p=238213"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:52:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:52:59","slug":"norwegians-top-executives-received-a-secret-million-dollar-bonus-the-union-is-furious-distasteful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/en\/norwegians-toppchefer-fick-hemlig-miljonbonus-facket-rasar-osmakligt\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian&#039;s top executives received a secret million-kroner bonus - the union is furious: &quot;Disgusting&quot;\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/l2okvg800wrspiuzzodmca-e1425716935649.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/l2okvg800wrspiuzzodmca-e1425716935649.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/l2okvg800wrspiuzzodmca-e1425716935649-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Norwegian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several of the top executives at the pressured airline Norwegian received a previously unknown bonus of tens of millions of kronor this spring, Norwegian reveals.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/e24.no\/boers-og-finans\/i\/PRkgRJ\/norwegians-toppledelse-mottok-hittil-ukjent-millionbonus-i-mai\">E24<\/a>. Representatives of the unions call the payment \u201ddisgusting\u201d and \u201dtone deaf\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new and previously secret bonus was paid in May due to Norwegian being saved from bankruptcy, the business newspaper writes.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/e24.no\/boers-og-finans\/i\/PRkgRJ\/norwegians-toppledelse-mottok-hittil-ukjent-millionbonus-i-mai\">E24<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recently fired CEO Jacob Schram and Geir Karlsen, who took over the CEO position after being CFO, have both been paid a bonus of a double-digit million amount, which is referred to as a &quot;retention bonus&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The details will be known when the company releases this year&#039;s annual report, which will not be made public until spring 2022, but the bonus is confirmed by several sources, including former chairman Niels Smedegaard. He adds that several other executives have received smaller bonuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Norwegian has during<\/strong>&nbsp;The pandemic has reduced the workforce from 10,000 to 2,000, while also shutting down all long-distance operations. The bonus program has therefore led to major reactions from the unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201d&quot;I was furious when I saw the news last night. It&#039;s like getting a slap in the face. It&#039;s so distasteful,&quot; Rene-Charles Gustavsen, chairman of the Norwegian Cabin Association, told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/e24.no\/boers-og-finans\/i\/we7ll5\/pilot-og-kabinforeningene-raser-over-norwegian-bonusene-usmakelig-og-umusikalsk\">E24<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alf W. Hansen, head of the Norwegian Pilot Union, calls the whole thing \u201dtone deaf\u201d considering that thousands of employees have been forced to leave the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacob Schram, who was forced to resign as CEO on Monday, has a base salary of 7 million Norwegian kroner plus possible options and bonuses. Dagens N\u00e6ringsliv previously reported that he had proposed a parachute of 18 months&#039; salary if he does not find a new job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: di.se<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flera av toppcheferna i det pressade flygbolaget Norwegian fick i v\u00e5ras ta del av en hittills ok\u00e4nd bonus p\u00e5 tiotals miljoner kronor, avsl\u00f6jar norska&nbsp;E24. Representanter f\u00f6r fackf\u00f6rbunden kallar utbetalningen f\u00f6r \u201dosmaklig\u201d och \u201dtond\u00f6v\u201d. Den nya och hittills&nbsp;hemliga bonusen betalades ut i maj med anledning av att&nbsp;Norwegian&nbsp;r\u00e4ddades undan konkurs, skriver aff\u00e4rstidningen&nbsp;E24.&nbsp; Den nyligen sparkade koncernchefen Jacob [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[85,291],"class_list":["post-238213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-report","tag-flyg","tag-norwegian"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Norwegians toppchefer fick hemlig miljonbonus \u2013 facket rasar: \u201dOsmakligt\u201d &#8211; Travel Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Norwegians toppchefer fick hemlig miljonbonus \u2013 facket rasar: \u201dOsmakligt\u201d \u2013 L\u00e4s senaste nyheterna fr\u00e5n resebranschen p\u00e5 Travel Report.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/en\/norwegians-top-executives-received-a-secret-million-dollar-bonus-the-union-is-furious-distasteful\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Norwegians toppchefer fick hemlig miljonbonus \u2013 facket rasar: \u201dOsmakligt\u201d &#8211; 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