John Lewis | Boss gets £1m payout as 14,000 furloughed

Ousted John Lewis boss, Paula Nickolds, was given an almost £1million payout as 14,000 staff members have been furloughed under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – Metro reported.

According to John Lewis Partnership’s latest annual report, the firm paid the former managing director – who was ousted from the department store in January after 25 years of service – £939,773, despite numerous reports suggesting that she failed to improve trading performance at John Lewis.