The BBC is facing an internal revolt as staff offered an “insulting” one per cent pay rise slammed top stars and executives for failing to take their share of the pain.
The new Director-General is facing his first major challenge amid concerns over “moonlighting” talent, executive expenses and anger among staffers waiting to hear if their jobs will go in the latest round of cuts.
Matt Brittin attended a stormy town hall meeting with BBC employees this week, telling staffers that the corporation, set to cut up to 2,000 jobs in a bid to fill a £500m funding “black hole”, needed to be “prudent” with its finances.
“It went down badly,” said one attendee, who is part of the news team.
“People wanted to know how much did the BBC spend on the Romesh Ranganathan ‘What has the BBC ever done for me?’ advert, how did the BBC justify paying (former Radio 2 breakfast host) Scott Mills £745,000 before he was sacked?”
