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Story summary
- Bonus discussions have diminished as 2025 bonuses are smaller and less frequent due to slowing growth and thinner margins.
- Randstad reports 26% of employees receive no bonuses, while nearly half get payouts equivalent to one to two months' salary.
- Echo Luo, a Guangzhou-based job-hunter, notes that only artificial intelligence (AI) and internet companies are likely to offer bonuses.
- Most departments have frozen hiring.
