While many have found themselves financially struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, desperately seeking for new means of income, others were lucky enough to keep a steady job and even receive bonuses unusual even for non-pandemic times.
The bonuses were given as the company marked the end of the business year - 2020 - one of the toughest years financially speaking that the world has ever seen.
Most of the company's employees will be receiving the bonus, which has been an annual "tradition" of sorts since 2015, according to N12. The coronavirus pandemic won't change that, the report noted.
At the beginning of 2020, it was reported that exports from Intel’s operations in Israel surged by more than 69% to $6.6 billion. However, it was hard to expect that the company would present similar numbers during a world pandemic that caused many small and big companies to completely shut down, as people remained at home and cut their expenses dramatically.
Intel however, surprised the industry yet again, as it began 2021 after having presented its best financial reports to date, with the company's income reaching $78 billion - an 8% growth within one year alone.
And Intel is not alone. According to N12, the global high-tech industry did not only survive the coronavirus pandemic, but often thrived thanks to it, with many of the pandemic's outcomes being the accelerated process of digitized services and an increased demand for technological products.
In addition to the direct employment of about 13,000 workers, a study published by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology last year found that Intel Israel’s operations indirectly contribute to the employment of a further 53,000 individuals, making Intel the largest employers in Israel's high-tech industry.