In April, Jerónimo Martins paid an extraordinary bonus to nearly 80,000 employees in Portugal, Poland and Colombia, after the Board of Directors approved a proposal made by the President, Pedro Soares dos Santos, for this purpose, in recognition of the work and contribution of “staff to the results obtained in fiscal year 2021.
In a statement sent, this Tuesday, to the newsrooms, the group indicated that the accounts made, over the past five years, in the three countries in which it operates, the group allocated 220 million euros only to pay this exceptional premium.
In Portugal, where Jerónimo Martins owns the Pingo Doce and Recheio chains, the individual prize value corresponds to 550 euros, covering more than 21 thousand employees, mostly from stores and distribution centers, which means an investment of more than 11 million euros. This exceptional award accumulates with The current variable monthly wage, to which the group allocated more than 25 million euros last year, as well as various programs and measures to support employees in the areas of health, education and family well-being which, according to Jeronimo Martins, absorbed about 5 million euros (44% more than 3.2 million investors). in 2020).
Jerónimo Martins employs 123 thousand people in the three countries in which it operates, of whom more than 34 thousand are in Portugal.
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