Workers ready to receive year-end bonuses

With 2017 over and the Spring Festival just one month away, white-collar workers in China are eager to pocket their year-end bonuses, estimated to average at 7,278 yuan ($1,139) according to a survey from the online recruitment platform Zhaopin.com.

About 66 percent of white-collar workers surveyed by the platform said they will receive a year-end bonus, marking a surge from a proportion of less than 40 percent in 2016, the report said.

Geographically speaking, workers in Shanghai overtook those in Beijing to get the largest cash bonuses. They earn 11,913 yuan on average.

Amid the current tech boom across China, IT programmers, are undoubtedly showered with the most generous bonuses, with an average of 11,776 yuan. People who work in the financial industry used to take the top spot but in 2017 their bonus is declining slightly, the report said without elaborating on the size of the survey sample.

Though 84.5 percent of employees said they receive cash as a bonus, some companies send out unexpected things such as durian, diamonds or toilet paper, the report added.