RBB salaries explosion: Secretaries collect up to 5,915 euros!

Hohe Gehälter und gemischte Reaktionen: rbb-Mitarbeiter verdienen bis zu 9.194 Euro. Sozialer Unmut auf Social Media.
High salaries and mixed reactions: RBB employees earn up to 9,194 euros. Social displeasure on social media. (Symbolbild/MB)

RBB salaries explosion: Secretaries collect up to 5,915 euros!

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) currently provides a lot of conversation. It became known that not only the managers, but also other employees and secretaries earn above average. A look at the salary table from the beginning of 2024 shows that editors fall into remuneration groups D to B and can earn between 6,689 and 9,194 euros. However, secretaries can expect up to 5,915 euros per month. This information comes across mixed reactions on social media.

Berlin. - Many people were interested in the discussions about salaries at RBB. The secretaries' content, which is up to 5,915 euros per month, is particularly polarized. The Berlin-Brandenburg Radio (RBB) confirms that not only director, but also editors, cameramen and secretaries are paid well. Depending on the remuneration group, editors can earn up to 9,194 euros per month, while cameramen receive up to 7,805 euros.

Mixed reactions in social media

The revelations about the high salaries have triggered a wave of reactions on social media. A user commented that many permanent employees would employ household help and nanny at public broadcasting.

"I know hundreds. No nanny, no pair and very few cleaning women," contradicted another user. Another commentator moved to other companies in parallels: "I like to sit on my nettles and I also find the ÖRR abolished, but in the company in which I work, the salary structure is similar. Nobody goes home under 3,500 euros gross. And that's the lowest salary level."

affair Schlesinger

The debate about salaries also has a serious note. In the context of higher demands and recurring strikes, the RBB comes into focus again. About two years ago, the broadcaster was shaken by a controversy when it became known that the board of directors led by Wolf-Dieter Wolf of the then director Patricia Schlesinger had approved an increase of her annual salary by 16 percent to 303,000 euros in 2021.

These developments throw a critical light on the RBB, in particular in view of the financial demands and the associated strikes, about the www.freilich-magazin.com reported.