Airtel to pay April salaries of staff employed by distributors, retail franchisees

Chandigarh: Airtel has decided to pay the basic income for April for employees of its distribution partners and retail franchisee network to help them tide over the unprecedented situation arising out of the ongoing lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19.

In a letter addressed to distribution partners, Manu Sood, Hub CEO- Upper North, Bharti Airtel said it is “acutely sensitive that this sudden lockdown has also reduced your (distribution partners) operations and returns during April. In order to help you tide over this tough time, we plan to extend a onetime support for the month of April. This is done with an endeavour to ensure that your FSE (field service executive) and other frontline colleagues get their basic income."

Further, he said we are all going through an unprecedented situation requiring a lockdown, due to which we are seeing a sharp drop in our business as well.
 
“This disruption has impacted many categories sharply. In a way we are fortunate that we are associated with an industry that helps keep the 'lights on' – thereby, keeping the country connected and people in touch with their loved ones," said the Airtel letter.

It added that the company is absolutely confident that once the lockdown is over by 3rd May, it will spring back and win in the market place.