According to Taiwan’s “Economic Daily” report, the current salary increase in Taiwan cannot keep up with inflation, not to mention that less than half of the companies have raised their salary. Regarding the employer’s next salary plan, according to the latest survey of Taiwan’s yes123 job search network, a total of 44.8% of enterprises disclosed that they have plans to raise their salary in the second half of this year, which is significantly higher than the 18.5% in the same period last year and 32.4% in the previous year. , but still down from 54.4% in 2019. However, this also means that the remaining 55.2% of enterprises have no salary adjustment plan in the second half of the year.
According to reports, affected by soaring prices, after excluding price factors, Taiwan’s real recurring wages from January to April were 41,605 yuan (NTD, the same below), an annual decrease of 0.23%, the first negative growth in the past six years. Growth has continued to be eaten up by inflation, and the purchasing power of people’s wages has decreased.
According to the report, as for the expected salary increase in the second half of the year, Taiwan’s yes123 job search network pointed out that this survey found that the average fall was 3.9%; even 12% (12%) of the companies disclosed that the rate was “10% (including 10%)”. )above”.
Yang Zongbin, a spokesman for Taiwan’s yes123 job search website, explained that at present, the company’s willingness to adjust salaries and dividends has not returned to the level of “before the outbreak”, and if the local epidemic spreads, resulting in a decline in performance, when it is impossible to open source and only save money, employers will Will not adjust the compensation structure of employees too actively; even if the company still maintains a balance between profits and losses or maintains profits, no need to take unpaid leave or mass layoffs, but the direction of retaining cash or surplus in the account is certain, and it is necessary to take precautions to deal with emergencies .