Microsoft sends $1,500 incentives to all employees

In order to encourage employees to make contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft decided to send a one-time incentive payment of US$1,500 to all its employees.

The distribution scope covers all Microsoft employees worldwide, Microsoft outsourcing contract employees, and part-time employees. At present, Microsoft has 175,000 employees worldwide. The total amount of incentive payments this time is expected to exceed $200 million.

Microsoft said that the bonuses this time are mainly to commend employees for their hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the epidemic, most Microsoft employees worked remotely.

Services such as Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Azure have skyrocketed during the epidemic, so more employees need to ensure service operation at home.

Microsoft’s chief people officer, Kathleen Hogan, stated that there is another restriction that employees must join Microsoft before March 31, 2021, or they will not meet the distribution requirements.

In addition, independent operating companies under Microsoft are no longer in the scope of distribution, including GitHub, LinkedIn, and ZeniMax.

Via: theverge