In the first and second quarters of 2009 CMO suffered losses of NT $ 19.5 billion and NT $ 8.8 billion respectively, but the company predicted that the situation would turn around. And indeed in the third quarter orders began to exceed capacity. CMO, like Taiwan Semiconductor, began to rehire laid-off workers.
今（2009）年首季及第 2 季，奇美電仍分別虧損約台幣 195 億、88 億元，但預計景氣回春有望，第 3 季的訂單已超過產能，奇美也繼台積電之後，展開回聘舊有員工的作業。