BBC staff slam 'obscene salaries' like Zoe Ball's for 'giving Beeb a bad name'

mirror.co.uk:

BBC staff believe some of the “obscene” salaries given to top talent such as Zoe Ball “give the corporation a bad name” amid widespread anger.

Radio 4 presenter Sangita Myska took issue with Zoe Ball’s £980,000 salary, despite the DJ, 50, taking a pay-cut. In now-deleted tweets, she blasted: “Can you imagine earning so much that you can volunteer to take a £380,000 pay cut? “I’m concerned that the differentials are so vast they give the public the wrong impression of what the vast majority of us earn. “It gives the corporation a bad name.

I’ve never been allowed to negotiate. Most staff I know get what they’re given.” A BBC News spokesman said: “The staff member has been reminded of the social media guidelines and responsibilities.” Other