(Bloomberg) -- Standard Life Aberdeen Plc has told its employees that some of them won’t be getting a bonus this year.
The asset manager’s bonus pot will be smaller than in previous years, and payouts will go to those who have made a “particularly strong contribution,” a spokesperson for Standard Life Aberdeen said in an emailed statement. That means not all of the firm’s nearly 4,900 employees in the U.K. will get something extra in their pay envelope.
Chief Executive Officer Stephen Bird, who joined in September after more than two decades at Citigroup Inc., announced the policy on a video call last week, The Times reported earlier. He said the firm wouldn’t spread bonuses out “like peanut butter across the whole company because it then doesn’t send a message,” the newspaper said. Bird said the business was inefficient, and staff shouldn’t expect regular salary increases.
Standard Life Aberdeen was created in a 2017 merger that was intended to help it grow quickly to compete with the industry’s heavyweights. Then co-CEO Martin Gilbert said at the time that the firm had the chance to make it to the $1 trillion club. Instead, investors have pulled money every year since the tie-up, and assets under management have declined to 512 billion pounds ($702 billion).
It’s not clear if Bird himself will get a bonus, since that decision will be made by the company’s executive remuneration committee and must be approved by shareholders. Bird has a base salary of 875,000 pounds and is eligible for a bonus of as much as 2.2 million pounds, according to the company’s website. He could also be awarded shares worth as much as 3.1 million pounds, as well as cash allowance of 157,500 pounds.
The details of Bird’s remuneration will be announced in March along with the company’s earnings. His 2020 payout will be pro-rated to reflect his joining the company part way through the year.
Bird’s announcement didn’t go down well with some employees, The Times reported, with one employee telling the newspaper that “speculation is rife” about how much the CEO’s bonus would be cut back.
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