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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

Ex-BT boss pockets £3.7m final pay deal as group plans to axe 55,000 jobs

Philip Jansen smiling in front of a BT logo
Philip Jansen was given the nickname Food Bank Phil after claims that BT set up a food bank for call centre staff in North Tyneside. Photograph: BT/PA

BT’s former chief executive Philip Jansen has been awarded his largest pay and bonus package, a £3.7m reward for the same year in which he announced plans to cut 55,000 jobs at the telecoms company by 2030.

The pay deal for Jansen, who was nicknamed Food Bank Phil after the company set up a “community pantry” for call centre staff struggling to make ends meet, was revealed in BT’s latest annual report.

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