The employees at the art gallery Artipelag in Värmdölandet recently received e-mail from company CEO Bjorn Jakobson.
In the email it said that dirty shoes on the premises would provide a monthly payroll deduction.
– It was meant as a joke, says Björn Jakobson DN.
Björn Jakobson is best known as the founder of the carrier “Baby Bear”.
Now witnessed by several of the employees about poor working at his art gallery.
Aftonbladet has taken note of the mailing in late January was sent from the front desk to employees.
“Björn Jakobson sounds health of all employees that there will be a monthly deduction from salary if you get caught not to brush and wipe off their shoes before entering the building. sure this, “reads the email that was sent out to 250 employees.
“They do not know how we’re treated”
The art gallery opened two years ago and is situated in a beautiful setting in the archipelago in Värmdölandet outside Stockholm – but behind the beautiful environment is painted a different picture up of workplace.
– Visitors can come back and say I should be happy working here, and it’s a fun job, but they do not know how we are treated, says one of the hourly-paid employees to DN.
– If a manager is capable of sending out this kind of mail to 250 employees, he is also able to pull in someone’s salary, says the same person to DN.
– I read through it several times and I think it’s creepy. It is the first time we have received a written threat, says another employee.
Insecure employment
According to another member of one of the problems that most of Artipelag are hourly employees.
She complained myself about how she was treated on the job and then got a phone call from management who explained that she did not have to come back next month.
– If you have a casual employment can not be fired; but what happens is that you do not get more passes.
Anna Steen, negotiating the union DIK, academics tray of Culture and Communication takes seriously the mail.
– There is a synnerligt unprofessional way of handling personnel. If the threat is executed, it is a violation of the employees’ contracts, she says to DN.
“Mixes always joke and earnest”
Björn Jakobson cuts out the accusations.
– I feel that everyone who works here really enjoy. I have good contact with the staff and they know that I always appreciate a dialogue if they have any comments.
And the mail is according to Jakobson a joke. – I always mix jokes and seriousness , that all know this, he says to DN.
