Premiums at Vivarte relaunch the debate on the issue of inequality in companies

Hundreds of thousands of euros have been paid in exceptional bonuses to some leaders, while the company is on the verge of bankruptcy. Unable to increase salaries, at the University of Medef, Alain Minc proposes to distribute 10% of free shares to employees.

The bonus scandal at Vivarte revives the debate on inequalities in business.

Vivarte is this group of clothing including La Halle and Caroll who is in great financial difficulty. The company goes on assignments (André, Kookai or Chevignon) and job cuts.
Thanks to the Parisian, we learn that senior executives have received 700,000 euros in bonus in two years. This obviously provoked an uproar at such inconsistency between bonuses on the one hand and job cuts on the other.
In his defense, the management explains that the company is in the process of restructuring. She therefore needs to keep some sharp skills within her, who would leave without these financial supplements. It is therefore necessary to pay them these premiums or to pay external consultants which would ultimately cost more.

If these bonuses are justified, it is "circulate, has nothing to see"?

There is still a problem because inequalities are less and less accepted.
First, because they are more visible than before. Today, with transparency and social networks, everything is known and everything is visible, including the golden life of the wealthiest who spreads on the Internet.
And then, in a world with little growth and little perspective, the employers themselves feel the need to share the fruits of this meager growth.
It was also one of the themes of the Medef Summer School, 15 days ago. Now we hear proposals that we did not hear before. Like Alain Minc, who is not the most revolutionary economist, who explains that since we can not raise wages because of international competition. So, yes, it is better to share capital and dividends, and therefore distribute free shares (10% of the capital) to all employees.
In any case, we can see that we have to re-enchant the world of work and the middle classes.