Crisis-hit Samsung orders 6-day work week for executives

Experts say other Korean companies could follow suit amid poor business conditions

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Doubts have been raised over Samsung Group's latest decision to make the executives of its key tech affiliates - Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI, Samsung SDS and Samsung Display - work an extra day per week as part of the group's emergency measures to tackle business uncertainties.

Critics pointed out that the sixday work week for executives is "outdated and inefficient", and that it lies in contrast to other local Big Tech companies that are following the global trend of adopting a four-day work week in the pursuit of an improved work-life balance for employees.

Some even worry that the move may end up dampening the overall morale of employees.

"The whole world is already following the trend of moving from a five-day work week to a four-day work week, but (Samsung is now) going completely against the global paradigm," Mr Oh Il-sun, director of Korea CXO Institute, told.

The Korea Herald.