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Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has fired a manager at its WeChat division after details of his multimillion-yuan bonus package leaked online, sparking animated discussion across social media.
The employee, surnamed Ye, was dismissed for passing sensitive corporate information to external parties, which caused a “severe negative impact both inside and outside the company”, according to an internal company bulletin seen by three Tencent employees.
Ye served as a project manager within Tencent’s Weixin Group – the core engine behind WeChat, China’s ubiquitous super-app with 1.3 billion users – according to the notice issued by the firm’s Anti-Corruption Investigation Department.
Tencent did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
The dismissal came after a screenshot detailing Ye’s staggering annual pay began circulating widely on Chinese social media. The image – which appears to be taken from a company platform – revealed the manager had a compensation package worth roughly 3.17 million yuan (US$470,000).
That included a cash bonus of more than 820,000 yuan and stock incentives worth over 2.35 million yuan, according to the screenshot.
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