The board of directors of Mercedes-Benz has approved the payment of a bonus of participation in the profits of the company of 7,300 euros to some 93,000 employees of the company in Germany, which represents an increase of 21.6% in relation to the distributed in 2021, which amounted to 6,000 euros.
The bonus, which is the highest in the company’s history, will be added to next April’s payroll of eligible employees, the automaker has reported. The payment of this participation in the results represents a disbursement of around 679 million euros.
“In 2022, the Mercedes-Benz team discovered once again that the company can be very successful even in a challenging environment with continuous semiconductor shortages, logistics bottlenecks, regional Covid measures and geopolitical uncertainty,” the company has valued. , which has appreciated the performance of its workers in this context.
“To thank employees for these achievements and their high level of flexibility, the company is involving them in the company’s success with a record-breaking profit-sharing bonus.”
Mercedes-Benz has had an employee participation scheme in the company’s profits since 1997. In fact, the ceiling for this payment until now was 6,465 euros.
“Despite all the challenges, the business year 2022 was marked by luck for Mercedes-Benz. A lot was demanded of our workforce under difficult conditions. In the last year, our colleagues have achieved a lot. After all , they are the ones who do their best every day and bring the company’s strategy to life. With profit sharing at a record level, we would like to express our special thanks for their enormous flexibility and tireless commitment,” he said. highlighted the Chairman of the Mercedes-Benz General Works Council, Ergun Lümali.
