Yesterday TVB gave out the "big envelope" to 200 of their employees, Raymond Lam expressed that he had to read the report to know what had happened. As for some artistes also needing to undergo pay freeze, he asked back: "There's something like this happening? Because I don't pay too much attention to when I get paid." He said that his salary in TVB is enough for him to make a living, he also believes that the lay off this time has the least impact because there has always not been enough artistes, so in recent years many artistes have been picked to come forward and go out for more jobs. This helps the department earn more money. Raymond Lam: Rational Decision Yesterday Ekin Cheng criticized TVB for laying off their employees despite already earning profits and was not considerate. Raymond said: "A company this large will go through serious considerations before making a decision, I believe that there is a rational reason behind every decision." Raymond said that his contract with TVB has not ended yet, pay freezing to him won't have much of an impact, but currently his outside jobs seem to start doing discounts. In response to the lay off, there has been a group of people setting up a petition, Raymond feels that laying off workers is part of society's trends, many banks and companies also have such circumstances. It is believed that everyone is reluctant to make such decisions, Raymond said: "Why won't we hope that the government will help us out." Lee Heung Kam: What if they fire me? Lee Heung Kam also did not know about the lay off, nor does she know if her friends have been affected by it. As to the pay freeze on artistes, Kam Jie said that many months ago when she signed for the new contract, her salary was actually increased by $200HKD, she immediately went to Vision to help them raise a child. As to TVB laying off their employees, shes said: "Doing business will have doing business's difficultities, actually it's quite hard on TVB too, maybe they are worried that next year they won't be able to earn the ideal amount of profits, thats why they made this decision. But I don't want to say too much, what if they fire me too!" Sharon Luk: No Impact There has been reports that TVB not only laid off their employees, but also their artistes including: Myolie Wu and Sharon Luk. It was reported that TVB has given up them, but Sharon said that she hasn't been impacted yet because earlier she already signed for a new contract last year, also there has been a small raise. Her outside jobs, on the other hand, has been affected. She said: "in the future, will buy less clothes, but will continue to eat out. (Worried that you'll get impacted?) Nope, because many companies are laying off workers, this is the tough times." Michelle Yim: Do Not Stand Alone Michelle Yim expressed that she doesn't mind of the pay freezing because the most important thing is to have a job and that everyone will come together and get through the storm with the company. To "Stand firm" so TVB won't have to close off all their benefits. She said that if she has to reduce her fees for filming a series, that is okay because she only cares about the script and will not look at the salary. As to TVB laying off their employees, she said that nobody wants to see this situation to happen, but the company has their own reasons, the boss also has their own difficultities, as long as they are talented, when the market gets better, hiring will occur. We should not be too sadden by this. Source: Wenweipo, Takungpao Translated by: aZnangel @ ******************
