Micron Technology has announced its strongest-ever employee rewards in Taiwan after what the US chipmaker described as an extraordinary fiscal year, with direct labour employees set to receive bonuses worth 35 to 68 months of pay.
The company said employees including operators, technicians and shift engineers will receive fiscal 2026 rewards, with minimum cash compensation of T$1.7 million ($53,809.39). More than 60,000 employees globally will receive fiscal 2026 rewards.
The payouts include a T$1 million ($31,652.58) cash bonus for Taiwan employees who joined before August 29, 2025.
For entry-level engineers, total rewards will average T$3.4 million, including average cash compensation of T$2.9 million. The remaining amount will come as equity at grant value. Every employee will also receive an annual equity grant, Micron said.
The announcement comes as unions representing about two-thirds of Micron’s Taiwan workforce have signaled widespread support among members for a strike. The unions did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
No agreement with union
Micron employs about 15,000 people in Taiwan, one of its key manufacturing hubs, and has invested more than T$1.6 trillion in the island.
The company and the Taoyuan union failed to reach an agreement during a mediation meeting last week. A 2nd round of mediation is scheduled.
Micron is seeking to avoid a situation similar to the one faced by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics in May. A planned 18-day strike involving as many as 48,000 union members was called off after last-minute negotiations produced a deal. The agreement created a special bonus pool worth 10.5% of the chip division’s operating profit, subject to profitability targets.
The planned stoppage at the world’s largest memory-chip maker had raised concerns about chip supplies and wider economic fallout in Asia’s 4th-largest economy.
Micron’s Taiwan unions had previously said profit-sharing arrangements at Samsung and SK Hynix had widened the gap between Micron workers and their South Korean peers.
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