‘You did well in the midst of Corona 19’ Kim Taek-jin, NC CEO, paid 2 million won to all employees

Regardless of job, position, or contract type

The same amount for all employees

Started in 2016 and paid in 2017 and 2019

Taekjin Kim, CEO of NCsoft / Yonhap News
Last October, NC Dinos owner and NCsoft CEO Kim Taek-jin greets fans and enters the ground.

With NC Dinos winning the 6th round of the 2020 Pro Baseball Postseason Korean Series held at Gocheok Skydome in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 24th of last month, players are celebrating their victory by lifting a model of the execution sword of Lineage, a representative work of parent company NCsoft. /yunhap news

Taekjin Kim NCsoft (036570) The CEO pays a total of 8.8 billion won of special encouragement at the end of the year to all employees. This year, in the midst of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) pandemic, it is to commemorate and encourage achievements such as good game performance and the victory of the NC Dinos.

According to NCsoft on the 22nd, “We plan to provide a special encouragement of 2 million won to the CEO of’Let’s overcome Corona’ with gratitude and encouragement to all employees who did their best in their respective positions despite the difficult environment caused by Corona 19 this year.” Said.

The encouragement money in the name of CEO Kim is paid to all employees, including regular workers, contract workers, dispatched workers, and interns, at the same amount on an after-tax basis. Currently, the number of NCsoft employees is about 4.400, totaling 8.8 billion won.

NC CI / photo provided = NC

The special encouragement money provided by NCsoft in the name of CEO Kim was first paid at the end of the year in 2016. In commemoration of the successful launch of’Lineage Red Knights’, the first mobile game at the time, it paid 1 million won. Since then, in commemoration of the launch of 2017 (Lineage M) and 2019 (Lineage 2M), incentives of 3 million won have been paid after tax. An NCsoft official explained, “A lot of employees worked hard regardless of field and job type until the game was released. All members of NCsoft will pay the same amount regardless of job, position, and contract type.”
/ Reporter Jeong Hye-jin [email protected]

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