Supporters of West Ham United have been left delighted with a report which has stated that the club will not furlough any of their staff.
According to Karren Brady, all full and part-time staff have been paid 100% of their wages and a report from football.london earlier in the week revealed that the club would continue to do so, which had fans delighted when it was shared to Twitter (via West Ham News).
West Ham have confirmed they will not be one of the Premier League clubs to furlough either their part or full time non-playing staff. pic.twitter.com/oApVSCFu5n
— West Ham News (@WHUFC_News) April 4, 2020
For once our football club hasn’t embarrassed us. Fair play
— Stuart Flynn (@sflynn01) April 4, 2020
Fair play to Gold and Sullivan on this.
— Jace De Souza (@desouza1994) April 4, 2020
Honestly this is the best thing Gold and Sullivan have done since buying the club ?. This is the first time in a long time that I am proud of our club ?
— tnorris85 (@tonydnorris) April 4, 2020
Do you now think less of the Premier League clubs which have placed some staff on furlough?Yes, it is hugely selfish
No, not too bothered |
The tweet from Brady came after five Premier League clubs have placed at least some of their staff on furlough, those being Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Bournemouth and Norwich City (per the Express).
The government’s scheme covers 80% of the wages, up to £2500 a month, of those who have been placed on furlough (via the Express) and fans were delighted to see the club sticking by their employees.
Genuinely good news. I’d have expected us to be first with the begging bowl.
— I am West Ham Van (@WesthamVan1) April 4, 2020
Well done West Ham it would have been goodbye from me otherwise! We are a club with working class roots from shipbuilders on the dock in the richest league in the world, if we can afford to pay our workers we should ?
— TezD (@tezd88) April 5, 2020
Credit where credit is due. The club doing the right thing
— steve clayden (@dozy12) April 5, 2020
Thats surprising
— westham3000 (@westham82) April 4, 2020
west ham leading the way again doing what’s right but never get any credit for it as norm
— michael john bad (@michaeljohnbad1) April 5, 2020
What do we think?
It is fair to say that the decision for Liverpool to furlough staff late last week has been met with a huge backlash (per Daily Mail) and in terms of financial gain, it will surely not be worth the damage to the club’s image (via Henry Winter).
However, it is great to see that West Ham are sticking by their staff and supporting them in an incredibly difficult time, which is being rightly respected by supporters.