Broadcaster gives free condoms to stop babies
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An Australian broadcaster yesterday revealed how it discourages staff from having babies and taking maternity leave — a big jar of condoms at work.
A senior executive in Perth for Southern Cross Austereo, which runs the radio station that became embroiled in a British royal fake call scandal in 2012, said a third of her 100 staff were on maternity leave or covering for someone who was.
“We have a big jar of condoms at work,” Linda Wayman, who is boss of the broadcaster’s two Perth stations Mix 94.9 and Hit 929, told a conference on recruitment and culture.
“I’m not lying, I’m not exaggerating,” she said, according to the conference organizers Mumbrella, a marketing and media website.
“I encourage people regularly, to have sex with condoms. That is a big area of focus for me,” she said.
Wayman also said she runs an “Angelina Jolie award,” in recognition of the child-adopting actress, to reward employees who have flourished in more senior roles made available by women on maternity leave.
“If women weren’t pregnant then she would not have got this turbo-charged career opportunity,” she said.
Southern Cross Austereo runs Sydney station 2Day FM, which endured a global backlash after Indian-born nurse Jacintha Saldanha killed herself in 2012.
Her death came after she transferred a prank call by two DJs to staff caring for Prince William’s wife Kate who was suffering from morning sickness.
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