If you work in the Taiwanese tech industry as a foreigner, what’s your average annual bonus?
The poll below is anonymous.
For some reference my old company had 3 annual bonuses of usually 75% monthly salary, which is 2.25 months of bonus per year. My new company, where I have yet to receive a bonus claims the average is 4-5 months of bonus per year. Yes, I’m aware that an average can’t also be a range, explain it to Taiwanese, not me. Not sure if that’s high or not.
Never heard of a Taiwanese tech company that didn’t give a bonus for regular full time staff. In fact, by law they have to give a Chinese New Year bonus.
I’m not gonna go looking for it now, but it’s part of the labor law that companies have to share some of their profits with employees at CNY, or something like that
I work in a technologically advanced area but not techy stuff per se.
In my job the most I can get is about 30% but that’s including stocks. Been able to get it a fair number of years. Take out stocks it’s 15%. I could move to a sales type comp but the lows cancel the highs I feel. Taiwanese companies CAN pay the biggest bonuses but also the dodgiest in terms of how they cut your base and other shennanigans.
My company averages 5 months bonus months per year. Roughly 2 months at Moon Festival and roughly 3 months at CNY. It fluctuates slightly based on personal performance and company performance.
sounds like a myth
the last thing i can imagine is TW lawmakers making employers pay anything… after all, these are the same law makers that dont change vacation days, pension or the stupid make up days on Saturdays.
If there was such a law, employers would probably make it a 3,000 nt bonus, not 3 minths salary.
