Samsung is making executives work 6 days a week to ‘inject a sense of crisis’

Samsung shifts executives to six-day workweeks to “inject a sense of crisis”

The Korean tech giant is now expanding the previously voluntary policy to executives across its entire workforce. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung is introducing a companywide six-day workweek policy for executives as the Korean tech giant takes emergency measures to tackle ongoing business uncertainty. This new policy comes off the back of Samsung’s disappointing financial results last year, alongside wider economic concerns l…

Samsung is making executives work 6 days a week to ‘inject a sense of crisis’

When a five-day workweek just isn’t enough to get the job done, it’s time to work weekends. Or so thinks Samsung Group, which is ordering its executives in South Korea to work a six days a week in a bid to raise its bottom line.Read more...

Criticism grows over Samsung, SK's 6-day workweek decision for executives

Criticism is mounting over what is widely considered as the 'outdated and inefficient' introduction of a six-day workweek for executives of Samsung Group and SK Group, as the move is feared to end up dampening the overall morale of employees, according to company officials, Thursday.

Samsung Implements Six-Day Work Week for Executives

Samsung enforces 6-day work week for executives, aiming to boost urgency amid disappointing financial performance. Divisions affected, lower-level staff exempt.