But what are the unions doing? In the midst of discontent over purchasing power, it is a big boss who comes to explain to the “Parisian” that “the minimum wage is not a decent salary”! With this release, Florent Menegaux, 62, skillfully marks his difference, and that of the empire he has led since 2019: Michelin, where we hold on to its historic humanist values. Gabriel Attal wants to “de-emcardify” and if it helps, the tire giant has cleverly calculated, territory by territory, the “decent wage”. The real one, the one that allows you to “live, not just survive”. For a household with two children, count for example twice the minimum wage in Paris and 1.2 times in Clermont-Ferrand, the historic headquarters.
The CEO thus promises to apply his own floors, much higher than the minimums where they exist. To the 130,000 employees around the world, just that. And enhanced with a “universal social protection floor”, it takes what it takes. The accountants were a little upset when he told them but Florent Menegaux is sure to have a calculation that is both “responsible” and “winning”, his vision of a successful company. Faced with the risk of “social fracturing”, “work must continue to allow one to rise socially”, and happy employees always reward you, he defends. Thanks boss ! You’re welcome, he doesn’t want to “give a lesson”, just “show that it’s possible”. Modest, too.