Denmark's toy giant Lego offers staff bonus after bumper year
Danish toymaker Lego, the world's largest toymaker, Denmark's Lego, said on Tuesday it will offer its 20,000 employees three extra days of holiday and a special bonus after a year of bumper revenues.
Already popular globally, Lego has seen demand for its signature plastic bricks soar during the pandemic alongside its rapid expansion in China.
"The owner family wishes to... thank all colleagues with an extra three days off at the end of 2021," the company said in a statement.
The unlisted family group reported a net profit of more than 6.3 billion Danish kroner (847 million euros) for the first half of 2021.
Revenues shot up 46 percent to 23 billion kroner in the same period.
It had been "an extraordinary year for the Lego Group and our colleagues have worked incredibly hard," said the statement, which added that an unspecified special bonus would be paid to staff in April 2022.
Lego, a contraction of the Danish for "play well" (leg godt), was founded in 1932 by Kirk Kristiansen, whose family still controls the group which employs about 20,400 people in 40 countries.
READ ALSO: Lego profits tower to new heights as stores reopen
Comments
See Also
Already popular globally, Lego has seen demand for its signature plastic bricks soar during the pandemic alongside its rapid expansion in China.
"The owner family wishes to... thank all colleagues with an extra three days off at the end of 2021," the company said in a statement.
The unlisted family group reported a net profit of more than 6.3 billion Danish kroner (847 million euros) for the first half of 2021.
Revenues shot up 46 percent to 23 billion kroner in the same period.
It had been "an extraordinary year for the Lego Group and our colleagues have worked incredibly hard," said the statement, which added that an unspecified special bonus would be paid to staff in April 2022.
Lego, a contraction of the Danish for "play well" (leg godt), was founded in 1932 by Kirk Kristiansen, whose family still controls the group which employs about 20,400 people in 40 countries.
READ ALSO: Lego profits tower to new heights as stores reopen
Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at [email protected].
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.
Please log in here to leave a comment.