Internet manufacturers send red envelopes for starting work in groups: Lei Jun personally distributes them, and Tencent has a maximum of 888 yuan
On the first day of the Year of the Dragon, many major Internet companies and technology companies celebrated with "red envelopes for start-up", #腾讯小米为员工发开工红包#话题也冲上热搜.
On February 18, in the Xiaomi Science and Technology Park, Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, and Lu Weibing, general manager of Xiaomi brand, sent red envelopes to employees as usual.
Judging from the amount, Xiaomi's red envelopes range from 20 yuan to 200 yuan, and the blind box should be opened according to luck. An employee jokingly told the surging news reporter: "This year's military red envelope has arrived, and the luck is worse than last year, last year I drew 100 yuan, and this year I only drew 20 yuan." ”
The queuing scene in the Xiaomi park posted by Xiaomi employees
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun distributed it on the spot
Employees posted a photo with Lei Jun on social media
In addition, Tencent CEO Ma Huateng also gave employees an annual red envelope for starting work, but since 2020, Tencent has canceled the offline "Fun Benefit" activity and switched to online distribution. Since February 18, Tencent has begun to send out a New Year's red envelope belonging to the "geese" in major employee groups, and each employee has received a red envelope ranging from 400 yuan to 888 yuan.
The so-called "teasing is is" is the meaning of "asking for red envelopes" in Cantonese. In the past, Tencent had a traditional activity that lasted for many years, that is, on the first day of work after the Spring Festival, Ma Huateng and Tencent's senior executives handed out red envelopes for Tencent employees on the spot. On that day, Tencent employees would wait under the office building, and thousands of people lined up to receive red envelopes, and the scene was quite lively.
ByteDance's New Year's red envelopes were distributed before the year. On February 7, a number of ByteDance employees told The Paper that the Spring Festival red envelopes distributed by ByteDance this year were the same as last year, and they were discounted in half compared with previous years. Employees who could receive 6,888 yuan in red envelopes in the past will receive 3,688 yuan this year, and employees with different working years will be halved in turn.
According to the usual practice, ByteDance employees can receive red envelopes ranging from 588 to 6,888 yuan before the Spring Festival, and the specific amount received varies according to the time of employment. It includes 5 levels: more than 3 years of employment, 1-3 years of employment, 6 months to 1 year, 3 months to 6 months, and less than 3 months of employment, covering regular employees, labor and interns in Chinese mainland.
Xiaohongshu chooses to issue "potato coupons" instead of red envelopes, including 88, 188, 588, 1888 and other different amounts, 1 potato coupon = 1 yuan, which can be used to shop in Xiaohongshu Mall.
A number of game companies also distributed red envelopes, and Sanqi Mutual Entertainment executives distributed red envelopes to employees on the spot, and each employee received 5 100 yuan each.
Palmfun executives wore red scarves on the spot and gave red envelopes to employees, with specific amounts ranging from 100 yuan to 800 yuan.