Samsung chip workers will get an average $340k bonus as AI profits soar

teinnt

Next post will detail a 300 percent increase in chip workers LOL

4d4m

This is wonderful!

ChoGGi

Finally, some feel good news about AI.

akg_67

And, soon someone will come along claiming unions and strikes don’t work. /s

bayarearefugee

Meanwhile tech workers in the US spend all day online defending billionaires who wouldn't piss on them to put out a fire and arguing about why we can't have unions because blah blah blah rugged individualism.

boguscoder

Any bonus is better than no bonus but averages are deceiving. Maybe VPs would get 10m and line workers 10k ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

xbar

Nice. Now, the Fortune 500, please.

yogthos

unions work

OsrsNeedsf2P

That's literally insane for Korean living standards. Those people can basically retire

dyauspitr

This is what bonuses would average out to in the US as well. It’s just that the CEO would get $100 million and the workers maybe $10k each. Does the article say how it’s going to work?

cosmobiosis

I'm never a big fan of Samsung haha. I'm more like a fan of Google as hardware

VerifiedReports

Meanwhile, U.S. companies are cutting our already-shitty vacation and leave.

brcmthrowaway

So does Samsung have a union? How about TSMC or ASML?

agentifysh

I do wonder if this is good for Korea in the long run. There's not many employers like Samsung and SK that can provide this level of compensation for cost centers. I think many more workers are going to start demanding red carpet treatment when companies are choosing to outright shut down or move operations out of Korea due to increasing pressure from unions. ex) Hanjin, SsangYong Motor, GM, Renault Samsung/Renault Korea, Nestle, Tetra Pak, Hyundai Motor, HomePlus....

dahuangf

Samsung chip workers get $340k bonuses. American tech workers get laid off because AI is 'optimizing headcount.' Different kind of AI dividend

jinwoo68

Do not get deceived by the average number. I'm pretty sure that most of the money of the total goes to a handful of people, and the small remaining amount will be shared by the rest. Emphasizing the average amount is just their PR strategy.