Boss, don't be too stingy with your year-end bonus! More than 6 member unions "are thinking of quitting" because of unsatisfactory year-end bonuses!
2025 is coming to an end, and what office workers are looking forward to most is the year-end bonus. According to a survey by yes123 job search website, up to 75.9% of office workers expect to receive year-end bonuses before the Lunar New Year. 51.8% of them said "regardless of performance, the company has given year-end bonuses over the years"; and 24.1% said "because of the company's performance growth". The survey results exceeded the proportion in 2023 and also reached a new high in 12 years.
But this also shows that nearly a quarter of office workers estimate that they will "not receive" their year-end bonus, and more than 10% believe that it is "because of the decline in company performance." The remaining reasons include "because their working hours have not reached the standard and they cannot receive their year-end bonus." bonus" (4.9%), "because they are contracted, dispatched, or part-time employees" (4.2%), "because they believe that their performance evaluation did not meet the standards for receiving year-end bonuses" (3.1%). And according to the survey, if the year-end bonus payment is not satisfactory, as many as 66.8% of the respondents revealed that they would "be tempted to resign."
The most ideal way for office workers to receive year-end bonuses: directly proportional to their performance over the year
As many as 87.6% of companies' year-end payment methods are "all full-time employees receive bonuses." For office workers, what is the ideal year-end bonus payment situation? 38.5% of the respondents believed that it should be "directly proportional to their performance in the past year", and 34.2% of the respondents believed that "regardless of personal performance and company performance, every employee should be rewarded", and 27.3% said that it should be "proportional to their performance in the past year". The company's performance over the past year is directly proportional."
In addition, the survey shows that labor and management believe that the reasons that will affect the year-end performance are not consistent! The factors considered by labor include "company profit" (68.7%), "personal performance" (53.3%), "depending on the mood of the boss and major shareholders" (52.5%), as well as "seniority" (51.2%), "relationship with the boss" Or the relationship with the boss is good or bad" (28.8%), "the position is high or low" (28%).
In contrast, employers believe that the factors that will affect the year-end performance are: "company profit" (78.3%), "personal performance" (70.3%), "seniority" (35.2%), and "important position" nature" (31.9%), "complexity of work content" (30.8%), and "department performance" (20.2%). It shows that office workers believe that the upper and lower classes and interpersonal relationships in the workplace may affect their year-end bonus payment.
More than 90% of companies make year-end announcements! Finance, transportation, and technology industries have the largest number of bonuses
A survey by yes123, a job search website, found that 92.1% of companies expect to pay year-end bonuses for 2024 before the 2025 Lunar New Year, which is higher than last year's 88.7%. The "base average" of year-end bonuses is about 1.39 months, a new high in 16 years.
In terms of "industry", "Finance, Insurance and Accounting and Statistics Industry" topped the list with 2.83 months, followed by "Transportation and Logistics and Warehousing Industry" with 2.25 months, and "Technology Information Industry" ranked third with 2 months. The remaining early stages of the year-end bonus include "Catering, Accommodation and Leisure Travel" (1.63 months) and "Traditional Manufacturing" (1.58 months).
The classes with year-end bonus include "Mass Communication and Public Relations Advertising Industry" (0.44 months), "Literature (Supplementary) Education" (0.56 months), and "Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Animal Husbandry, Mining and Environmental Protection and Ecology Industry" (0.83 months) , as well as "Law, Politics, Social Welfare and Religion" (1 month), "Construction and Real Estate" (1.11 months).
Enterprises beware of stepping on thunder! Office workers hate to encounter these things in Weiya
In addition to year-end bonuses, the year-end lucky draw is also something many office workers look forward to! yes123 job search website also lists the types of prizes that office workers are "most worried about". Nearly 70% of office workers are worried about receiving prizes that "will never be used in life", and the rest are "that they will have to pay for themselves" (57.5 %), "inventory items, slow-moving items or gifts from shareholders' meetings" (52.7%), as well as "items that are about to expire" (42.4%), "that are difficult to resell or liquidate" (40.2%), "that violate personal taboos or I feel like I'm in trouble" (35.6%).
There are also many things to pay attention in Weiya. The top five Weiya situations that office workers hate most include "the boss or supervisor's speech is lengthy" (67.7%), "the lottery prize is not as expected" (53.5%), "the boss or supervisor is stingy" , don't increase the prizes, or don't donate the prizes" (46.8%), and "For employees to perform, I spend more time preparing, or I can't eat well" (42.8%), "The size of the lottery prizes depends on seniority, Job restrictions (differences)" (36.9%).
The remaining "Weiya dilemmas" are, in order, "The next day is a work day, so I can't fully participate in Weiya" (35.9%), "Performance activities are boring" (34.7%), "I have to be on duty during Weiya activities, or have official duties. Being busy" (33.6%), "Being asked to toast to the boss and supervisor and deliver a year-end speech" (32.4%), "Being at the same table as a boss or supervisor you don't like" (31.3%).
Source: yes123 job search website
