Vatican employees have a confession to make, but you don’t have to be in a confessional booth to hear about it. You can instead read it in several Italian newspapers, where numerous Vatican employees have just penned an open letter describing their unhappiness with their current salaries and work responsibilities.

Back in April, the Vatican cut employee compensation by 10% while priests and other clerics had their salaries cut by between 3-8%. This week, an unsigned, open letter appeared in a variety of Italian newspapers. In the letter penned to the head of the Catholic Church – you might know him as the Pope – employees of the Vatican decried the recent reductions in their pay. In the letter, workers describe a series of recent actions that have suppressed employee motivation and happiness.

“According to the most basic theories of work psychology, these strategies not only do not pay off in the long run, in terms of motivation, personal satisfaction and production, they boomerang in terms of performance[…]” the Vatican employees wrote.

The letter also lists several other complaints, including difficult work scenarios and a lack of remote work options, as well as the absence of an official HR department or “productivity bonuses, promotions based on achieved objectives, merit-based systems of selection and professional growth.“

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