Golden times: 25.000 Porsche employees get kanonhøj bonus

the month of March is nearing its end, and already now welcomes many probably to lønchecken 1. april.

For the 25,000 employees of the automotive group Porsche pleasure is probably slightly larger than normal. For when the salary fails the check, it at the same time with a happy surprise: the Employer has decided to hand out hefty bonuses of up to 72.400 crowns to celebrate last year's success.

The German sportsvognsproducent delivered four per cent more cars last year than the year before. At the same time, sales increased by 10 percent to 192,5 billion. crowns, which left the management with a nettoprofit on the huge 32 billion. Danish kroner.

- 2018 was extremely challenging and pushed in the period of our team to the utmost. In spite of it, we were still able to surpass the previous year's excellent figures for turnover, profit and delivery, says Oliver Blume, who is chairman of the board of Porsche AG, in a press release.

Porsche has now a tradition of giving employees bonuses. Last year, the employees of the group, also, around 70,000 kroner in connection with a good result, and because the group celebrated its 70th birthday.

the Amount varies from employee to employee and is calculated on the basis of the number of hours worked and years in the group. The general levels of pay to play not on the size of the individual bonus, informs the group.

- This is how we understand equal opportunities. We know that each and every employee in the company contributes to our success, and our approach to the bonuses reflects the recognition, says Andreas Haffner, who is a member of the Porsche HR board of directors.

The bonus will be paid in cash, while well over 5000 dollars shall be inserted on the employee's pension account.

Last year, the number of employees in the Porsche group, with nine percent, so that at the end of the year was 32.325 employees from fabriksgulv to ledelseslokaler.

In the course of the year rolled 256.255 newly built cars out of Porsche's factories. And while sales decreased by four percent in Europe, it grew by around 12 percent in China, which is the vehicle manufacturer's largest market.

The most popular models were SUVS a Macan and familiebilen Cayenne.