Young employees suddenly get paid substantially more at Picnic The app-only supermarket increased the hourly wages of young delivery drivers by 25 per cent in a short space of time.
Trade magazine Distrifood compared the salaries of Picnic and Albert Heijn on job sites like Young Capital. This showed that the salary of an 18-year-old Picnic courier rose by 24 per cent in one month to 7.06 euros per hour, exceeding Albert Heijn's (6.77 euros per hour). Wages also went up in other positions.
Picnic wants to get rid of youth wages
Founder Michiel Muller confirmed to Distrifood that young adults' wages have increased by 10 to 30 per cent. "There are adults working here. They should earn an equal wage and that's why we want to get rid of youth wages in the long run." According to Muller, it is one of the reasons why Picnic refuses to apply the supermarket collective labour agreement. After all, this collective labour agreement does use the youth wage.
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Supermarket collective bargaining agreement
FNV seems unimpressed by the wage hikes. The union has been campaigning for months for a supermarket collective labour agreement at Picnic. Spokesperson Silia Pilger wonders to Distrifood how the wage is structured and what social charges Picnic pays. Trade union FNV has been campaigning for months for a supermarket collective labour agreement at Picnic. Despite the wage hike, the union maintains that Picnic must abide by it.
