While many businesses are currently laying off employees as a reaction to the Covid 19 outbreak, German oil and additive specialist LIQUI MOLY has announced it is not only keeping workers on but, is paying a bonus of €1,000 to each employee. Managing Director Ernst Prost says the company is thanking all employees for their dedication through the crisis.

LIQUI MOLY now has almost its entire administration working from home. This move is intended to protect every single employee while keeping production running. Ernst Prost wrote to the workforce saying, “As a token of our appreciation, allow me to give you an extra EUR 1000 gross with your next salary payment, to a certain extent, as a financial corona consolation.”

Commenting on the outlook Ernst said, “The current developments are not leaving us unaffected either; the economic consequences will be brutal. That is precisely why we must now do our part to solve this crisis with our brains and wits, with commitment and diligence, and definitely with courage and confidence.” He added, “It is very gratifying to see how we come closer together in such a situation, do our work unwaveringly and pull together in solidarity.”