The big tech firms have done well during the pandemic and Microsoft is not the only firm to have made bonus payments to staff. Microsoft is to give its non-executive staff a $1,500 (£1,080) bonus for their work during the pandemic. Google made a similar $1,000 payment in May 2020. In March 2020, Facebook gave employees a $1,000 (£720) bonus to help them with increased expenses caused by the pandemic, such as those associated with setting up a home office also Amazon gave front-line employees a $300 (£216) dollar bonus with part-time workers receiving $150. Do you think that most big companies should do the same to their employees?

