World-renowned toymaker hands its 20,000 employees extra rewards for rising to challenge of pandemic pressure
Danish toymaker Lego will be giving employees additional days off and a bonus this April after the company scored a huge first half this year.
"The owner family wishes to … thank all colleagues with an extra three days off at the end of 2021," said the company in a statement obtained by the Agence France-Presse (AFP).
In addition, all of the 20,000 workers will be given an unspecified special bonus.
"We are especially grateful for our amazing team. Despite all the challenges and uncertainties of the past six months, they worked extraordinarily hard to bring play to more families around the world,” said CEO Niels Christiansen in a previous statement.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are choosing to resign from their jobs, or at least thinking about it.
And many employees would also consider quitting their job if they don't get a raise by year's end, according to a separate report from Robert Half.
This “great resignation” presents both hurdles and opportunities, according to one expert.
“Everyone’s quitting or has been quitting since April 2021 and that’s not Canada, it’s all across North America. It’s unbelievable, [to see] the numbers,” says Leon Goren, president and CEO at PEO Leadership, a professional training and coaching firm in Toronto.
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