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title: "Taiwanese company Evergreen rewards employees with wages worth 40 months as year-end bonus"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/taiwan-evergreen-rewards-employees-40-months-bonus/
date: 2021-12-31
modified: 2021-12-31
lang: en
author: "Yu Ang Tan"
description: "A company in Taiwan, Evergreen Marine Corp(EMC) gave the best year-end gift to its employees by handing out bonuses worth a salary of 40 months to celebrate 2021 as its..."
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  - "Abroad"
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  - "40 month salary"
  - "Evergreen"
  - "Taiwan"
  - "Taiwan Company"
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---

# Taiwanese company Evergreen rewards employees with wages worth 40 months as year-end bonus

A company in Taiwan, Evergreen Marine Corp(EMC) gave the best year-end gift to its employees by **handing out bonuses worth a salary of 40 months** to celebrate 2021 as its most profitable year ever.

![Taiwanese company Evergreen rewards employee with sky high bonus](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/Taiwanese-company-Evergreen-rewards-employee-with-sky-high-bonus.jpg)[Photo](https://ctee.com.tw/news/life/574169.html?fbclid=IwAR2X9XUHXPCT_yJ-BLdZrImIAr8E_EXAdCi5XTDh_CAv_ntR--WFu8YJRMs)

Several employees at Evergreen Marine Corp (EMC) were [reportedly](https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/international/2021/12/30/459041) shocked to wake up seeing their account explode overnight at an amount "beyond their imagination".

## Surge in demand for sea transportation

[CNA ](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202112300061.aspx)reported that the company reported an after-tax net profit of **NT$158.28 billion (RM239 billion) and NT$30.27 (RM4.56) earnings per share during the first three quarters of 2021**.

![Evergreen Marine Corp. Min news](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/Evergreen-Marine-Corp.-Min-news.jpg)Photo: [Min.News](https://min.news/zh-my/economy/c000cf9d1a7ad60d04e1cee2ed585d7f.html)

According to Taiwanese media reports, this unusually high profit were mainly thanks to asurge in freight demand, thus leading to higher freight rates.

**And this isn't the first time EMC has lavished such generosity. Last year, the company gave out salaries of up to 10 months to each employee. **

## EMC: Amount's based on employee performance & company profits

In response to media queries, EMC said that it has consistently issued year-end bonuses based on profits and employee performance.

![Evergreen Marine Corp](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/Evergreen-Marine-Corp.jpg)

However, they declined to disclose the number of months each employee's bonus is calculated as it is on a case by case basis.

[TVBS](https://news.tvbs.com.tw/life/1677478?from=fbarticlecomments&fbclid=IwAR1nSb9dZnQBFyTBxuQNRdFWI_2e77se9rSdJN-8hSkS5BDpNi88yMel9HE) further reported that all EMC employees receive a salary worth 35 months whereas its management receives a whopping 82 months worth of salary as bonuses.

*Time for a job switch? *

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**Editor:** Sarah Yeoh