Even in Corona, an epidemic bonus of Rs 1.15 lakh per Microsoft employee

Washington, Ta. 9

At a time when many companies are laying off employees and cutting salaries during the Corona epidemic, some companies are rewarding their employees for working even during the epidemic. The American company Microsoft has announced an epidemic bonus of ૧ 1,500 (approximately Rs 1.15 lakh) for each of its employees.

Microsoft said it made the decision in light of a challenging fiscal year. According to a report in The Verge, the one-time bonus is tantamount to accepting a different kind of challenging fiscal year, which the company completed last year. The bonus was announced by Kathleen Hogg, Microsoft's chief public officer. He said the bonus would be given to every Microsoft employee. Whether he is working in America or in another country. This bonus will be given to all employees below the level of Vice President who joined the company before March 31, 2021.

Hogg said the bonus would also be given to part-time employees working for the company on an hourly basis. Microsoft has 1,2,304 employees worldwide. The company may have to spend an estimated ૩૨ 25 million on the bonus. Earlier, Facebook gave તેના 1,000 to its 3,000 employees and Amazon gave its frontline employees a બો 200 holiday bonus. Employees of Microsoft subsidiaries LinkedIn, GitHub and Genimex will not receive the epidemic bonus, the report said.