Samsung's semiconductor CEO, Jun Young-hyun, urged employees in an internal memo Thursday to move past the conflict, but the dispute now poses a tangible risk to Samsung during what Bloomberg estimates will be a record year , with 2026 operating profit projected at 330 trillion won (~$218 billion).
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thisisaname Work in the "right" devision and get a life changing bonus whilst those who work in the "wrong" on get 1% of it and they did not see that this was going to cause loads of problems. It boggles my mind how they could be so short sighted. Reply
Elusive Ruse I understand the memory side getting a bit more but at the end of the day the huge profits coming that way are mostly due to the shortage not some brilliant out of this world performance worthy of 100 times better payout. Reply
Air2004 I love it… at the end of the day…. people will finally realize, that, One hand washes the other, they both wash the face. Reply
Notton It's funny because this was one of the terms the union was attempting to quench before it turned into a fire. Reply
Kicapan07 Yea how dare the division with the better profit (memory) get bonusses while the division that are loss making (foundry, LSI) get very little bonus!!!!!! Its almost as if bonusses are like extras that are supposed to reflect how well the divisions are doing or something, lucky windfall or not…… Reply
Kicapan07 Elusive Ruse said: I understand the memory side getting a bit more but at the end of the day the huge profits coming that way are mostly due to the shortage not some brilliant out of this world performance worthy of 100 times better payout. Which is irrelevant, at the end of the day, they are the division that is making these things that are high in demand right now and they should be getting that windfall. It won't last forever but the bonusses can stop then. Memory is a pretty volatile business and presumably their bonusses are also gonna get affected based on other market conditions in normal times, so it's only fair they are rewarded during those good times. Air2004 said: I love it… at the end of the day…. people will finally realize, that, One hand washes the other, they both wash the face. Plain greed makes people feel green with envy at the end of the day with feelings of false entitlement and negativity, especially since foundry and LSI are loss making. Memory is keeping them alive within Samsung Device Solutions. Reply
Elusive Ruse Kicapan07 said: Yea how dare the division with the better profit (memory) get bonusses while the division that are loss making (foundry, LSI) get very little bonus!!!!!! Its almost as if bonusses are like extras that are supposed to reflect how well the divisions are doing or something, lucky windfall or not…… Yet it doesn’t reflect how well they’re doing their job, it’s just that external circumstances have led to it. The quality of the memory is the same, their performance is the same best case scenario a bit better but not that much. Reply
Dntknwitall I love seeing greed tear things apart. I hope the disease spreads to other companies that hold greed so high! Reply
SmokyBarnable Time for the suits to cough up the money. Reply
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