The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / The CBC Cuts Execs. & Staff Bonuses But...

**Posted by RadioActive** May 14, 2025 5:42 pm

The more things change, etc...

CBC eliminates bonuses for executives and staff, but will boost salaries to compensate

**Posted by Chrisphen** May 14, 2025 5:58 pm

Content warning - Postmedia link.

**Posted by RadioActive** May 14, 2025 6:07 pm

Does not mean it's wrong.

But perhaps you'd prefer the source.

**Posted by RadioAaron** May 14, 2025 6:15 pm

Also doesn’t mean it’s not rage-bait.

They’re reducing how much of the total pay packages are bonus-based. If they didn’t also increase salaries to compensate, that would effectively be a paycut.

For union employees that would be a major problem and quite possibly illegal overall.

**Posted by RadioActive** May 14, 2025 6:22 pm

Which is not to say they may not already be overpaid.

But perhaps you'd prefer the Canadian Press version.

**Posted by RadioAaron** May 14, 2025 6:25 pm

Whether or not they’re overpaid is a matter of opinion.

Whether or not they can just cut salaries is a matter of fact.

**Posted by Plate Voltage** May 14, 2025 11:58 pm

I saw the CTV article earlier. I didn't notice whether it was written by someone at CTV or if they carried the Canadian Press version. Anyways, remember Catharine Tait's appearances at the heritage committee where she got questioned about the bonuses and she kept defining it as "at-risk pay" when she responded to the questions? The take at least one CBC employee has on this is that all the managers just had their "at-risk" pay converted to "no-risk" pay and that this is a tacit admission that "bonus" has always meant "base compensation".