Surprising news arrival from Vantaa (Finland), where an entrepreneur launched a controversial job offer for office work whose hourly salary would be two euros and a 1% commission on sales.
This is collected by the Finnish medium in information in which it details the conditions of this part -time offer, from 20 to 30 hours per week: text correction, marketing combining other office works, such as sending emails.
This is Jokivarre, a company directed by Johanna Tapanila, a retired mathematics professor. The entrepreneur has moved to the aforementioned medium that is establishing an online store for digital books and paper in order to sell their own books, as well as works by other authors.
“I don’t know anything about those collective agreements”
“I have to pay a basic salary of my pension. And also a commission on sales comes. If there are sales there will also be better pay,” says Tapanila. According to the calculations of the aforementioned portal, with 20 hours of work a base salary of between 160 and 200 euros per month would be obtained. With a 30-hour work week, the base salary would be approximately 240-300 euros per month.
When asked about these accounts, Tapanila defended itself indicating that the commission’s salary would be determined based on online store sales, although there is currently no information about the monthly sales volume, being at the beginning of the project .
After asking him that in order satisfied and I can pay you. ”
Also asked about issues such as the minimum wage or collective agreements, he has indicated that “I don’t know anything about those collective agreements.” And he has indicated that “I do not want an employee to have to do a job for which he does not receive the salary that corresponds to him. I do not want to be in that situation. Of course, I try to pay him a decent salary.”
