Microsoft plans to offer $ 1,500 pandemic bonus to employees around the world

Microsoft is offering employees a pandemic bonus of $ 1,500 this year for “the unique and difficult fiscal year that Microsoft has just completed,” according to a report released Friday by The Verge.

The report, which cites an internal memo, says bonuses will be paid to all employees below the company’s vice president level who started on or before March 31, 2021, including part-time workers and those at hourly rates. Employees based in the United States, as well as overseas who meet these criteria, will be eligible for the bonus.

“As a symbol of our appreciation for coming together as Microsoft One during a particularly difficult year, we are proud to reward our employees with a one-time monetary gift,” a Microsoft spokesperson told CNET in a statement. email after Verge’s first report the news.

Microsoft has 175,508 employees worldwide, and the move highlights what tech companies are doing to help ease the blow from the coronavirus pandemic. Last year, Facebook offered employees a bonus of $ 1,000 to help with remote work, and Twitter said it would reimburse employees for the cost of setting up the home office and the fees parents pay for extra child care.