Receive a supercar as a Lunar New Year bonus.
Qihoo 360 Technology, China's largest antivirus software manufacturer, gifted a Porsche Cayenne sports car, while Suzhou Snail Electronics awarded five Mercedes-Benz vehicles to its outstanding employees.
Many Chinese companies announce generous bonuses for employees ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. These bonuses are usually in cash, but some companies also offer unique and creative rewards.
According to Want China Times, Qihoo 360 Technology – China's largest antivirus software manufacturer – gifted Porsche Cayenne sports cars to its employees at a year-end party. Qihoo's chairman, Zhou Hongyi, also stated that they plan to allocate tens of millions of yuan and 10 supercars, each worth $165,000, as Lunar New Year bonuses next year.
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Qihoo 360 Technology uses Porsche Cayenne cars as employee rewards. Photo: Bloomberg |
China's video game industry boomed in 2013. Giant Interactive's chairman, Shi Yuzhu, awarded 1 million yuan in cash as prizes in a lucky draw at the company's year-end party. Employees also received six months' salary, red envelopes (gifts of money), and various health and wellness products.
Baidu, the search giant, gifted blood pressure monitors with integrated Baidu Cloud technology, free movie tickets, and pillows to the parents of its employees. Meanwhile, Suzhou Snail Electronics gifted five Mercedes-Benz cars, 24 mobile phones, and thousands of other electronic products to its outstanding employees.
A real estate company in Hubei province gifted each employee a live sheep, specially imported from Inner Mongolia. "Our company gave sheep to everyone. They tasted quite good," a consultant named Wang told IBT.
Another company gave each employee a coffin (guantai). According to the director, this was because the word is a homonym of guancai – a wealthy official. However, he also said that if employees didn't like it, they could donate it to the poor.
Taiwanese (Chinese) companies also have many unique ways to reward employees this year. One computer software company hired Japanese adult film star Yui Hatano to dance at its year-end party. Meanwhile, a printing factory in Taichung spent $2.66 million on a party and rewarded its employees with 12 luxury cars.
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