The chip shortage is now hitting employee bonuses — MediaTek worker rewards sliced as costs begin to bite hard
Summary
MediaTek has announced a reduction in employee bonuses for the second half of 2025, citing RAM and storage shortages that are impacting smartphone chipset shipments and overall revenue performance. This decision reflects ongoing challenges in the tech industry.
Key Insights
What caused MediaTek to reduce employee bonuses for the second half of 2025?
MediaTek reduced bonuses due to a global shortage of DRAM and NAND memory chips, which limited smartphone chipset shipments, reduced revenue, and lowered pre-tax profits from NT$67.78 billion in H1 to NT$57.1 billion in H2 2025.[2][4]
How much were MediaTek's H2 2025 employee bonuses reduced, and what was the total payout?
Bonuses for approximately 12,000 employees were reduced by 15.7% on average compared to H1 2025, with a total payout of NT$11.4 billion and an average per employee of about NT$950,000 to NT$951,000.[1][2][3][4]