台積電證實分紅比例砍至 10% 去買綠電，員工怒：企業社會責任憑什麼從我口袋扣？組工會聲浪起

TSMC confirmed that the employee bonus allocation ratio has been reduced from approximately 12% to 10%. C.C. Wei cited ESG investments as the reason and promised a 30% increase in the total bonus pool, but the employees' sense of relative deprivation and questioning of the distribution logic remain far from quelled. (Context: Rumors of TSMC cutting bonuses sparked online outrage, with employees calling for a "clock out and turn off phones" movement.) (Background: Taiwan stocks surged 1,200 points to hit a new high! MediaTek and Delta Electronics hit the daily limit, while TSMC rose by 55 TWD.) Collective complaints have emerged in online communities, with some calling to "learn from Samsung's strike" and others advocating to "form a labor union," pointing to a single question: If the company's profits are hitting record highs, why is the profit-sharing ratio shrinking? TSMC’s Q1 2026 financial report was impressive, with revenue up 35.1% YoY and EPS up 58.3% YoY, yet it triggered a rare internal storm among employees. As the topic fermented on the "TSMC Big and Small Matters" Facebook group, TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei hosted a company-wide video conference yesterday (27th) and officially admitted that the company’s employee bonus allocation ratio for this year has been lowered from approximately 12% of the previous year's net profit after tax to 10%. Regarding the reason for the reduction, C.C. Wei explained that the cut portion is primarily being directed toward ESG sustainable resource investments, including the purchase of green electricity and coping with rising electricity costs, to fulfill corporate social responsibility. However, C.C. Wei emphasized that the lower ratio does not mean a decrease in the total amount. Benefiting from the significant profit growth of the previous year, the actual total bonus amount distributed to employees will still increase by about 30% compared to last year. TSMC's financial scale has expanded rapidly in recent years. Given the continuously growing profit base, even if the allocation ratio is slightly reduced from 12% to 10%, if the company's annual net profit continues to rise, the total pool remains larger than the previous year. C.C. Wei's promise of a "more than 30% increase" is built on this logic. However, the claim that "the total bonus amount will increase by 30%" has not calmed the anger of some grassroots employees, because the core of the issue is not the number, but the meaning behind the "profit-sharing ratio" itself. When employees work hard to achieve a stellar performance that drives the company's EPS up by 58%, yet their own profit-sharing ratio is cut from 12% to 10%, that two-percentage-point gap easily offsets the 30% increase in the total amount. What some employees find even harder to accept is the reason given by the company. C.C. Wei explained that the 2% reduction is mainly used for ESG sustainable resource investments, including purchasing green electricity and addressing rising electricity costs—items categorized as corporate social responsibility. The problem is: rising electricity costs are TSMC's operating expenses, and green electricity procurement is the company's brand and compliance obligation... Why should these expenditures be deducted from the employees' bonus pockets? In the eyes of employees, ESG is an image-building project for the company. Shareholders enjoy the premium status of TSMC in the global supply chain, yet the cost is absorbed by the grassroots employees' profit-sharing ratio, which is naturally difficult to accept emotionally. Faced with dissatisfaction over the shrinking bonuses, more employees have upgraded from verbal complaints to advocating for organized action. A post appeared today in the "TSMC Big and Small Matters" group, where an anonymous senior employee publicly stated a plan to start organizing a labor union next year, aiming to get the organization on track within a year before retiring. He admitted that he has already achieved financial freedom and his pension is optional, so he is not worried about retaliation from HR. The post immediately sparked heated discussion within the group. In terms of public opinion, there are voices saying: "TSMC engineers are already making hundreds of thousands, yet they are still complaining about bonuses; they are too thick-skinned." This reaction is understandable, but it commits a common logical fallacy: equating "already being well-paid" with "not having the right to strive for more." The legitimacy of employees defending their labor rights has never depended on their current salary level. A worker earning 30,000 TWD a month can protest unfair distribution, and an engineer earning 300,000 TWD a month can do the same; neither job title nor salary level constitutes a reason