{"id":704,"date":"2026-05-22T11:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=704"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:44:01","slug":"samsung-memory-chip-employees-deal-strike-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=704","title":{"rendered":"Samsung\u2019s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Details have emerged about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/934432\/samsung-electronics-strike-memory-chip-supply\">tentative deal<\/a> struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike. The deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-21\/samsung-chip-workers-to-get-average-340-000-bonus-in-ai-boom\">reportedly<\/a> makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses of $340,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The proposed 18-day strike had hinged on Samsung\u2019s bonus cap for employees in the semiconductor division and followed a substantial rise in the possible bonuses available to employees of SK Hynix, another South Korean chipmaker enjoying a boom thanks to demand for AI components.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Under the terms of the new deal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/world-at-work\/samsungs-deal-with-union-hailed-victory-bonuses-less-generous-than-sk-hynixs-2026-05-21\/\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a> reports that all \u200bchip workers will receive 50 percent of their annual salary as a regular bonus in cash. Further to that, Samsung will set aside 10.5 percent of its annual operating profits to issue stock-based bonuses to semiconductor employees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Much of the negotiation hinged on how those stock bonuses would be distributed, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/21\/business\/samsung-strike-ai-chips.html\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>. The final deal sees 40 percent of the total pot spread across the entire semiconductor division, which includes lossmaking units working on logic chips and third-party components, with the remainder specifically for the memory chip unit, which is driving the current boom. The union had wanted a larger share of the bonuses to be spread equally among staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">According to <em>Reuters<\/em>, a memory chip worker on a base salary of around $50,000 could now be eligible for a total bonus of $416,000. It appears at least some employees have <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jukan05\/status\/2057634950636241129\">already found ways<\/a> to spend those bonuses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Extraordinary as those figures are, the deal is apparently a good one for Samsung, as its bonus payouts are still slightly smaller than those offered at SK Hynix. The majority of the bonus will also be limited to stock, while SK Hynix bonuses can be issued in shares or cash, and Samsung has also made the bonus payments conditional on the company hitting profit milestones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Samsung, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/924926\/samsung-is-a-1-trillion-company\">recently hit a $1 trillion valuation<\/a>, is South Korea\u2019s largest company and accounts for around a quarter of the country\u2019s exports. Its last earning report saw an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/business\/907836\/ai-continues-to-be-very-good-for-amsung\">eightfold increase in profits<\/a>, largely thanks to sales of its memory chips. The deal still needs to be voted on by the union\u2019s members, but a union leader told <em>Reuters<\/em> that he expects it to be approved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/936002\/samsung-memory-chip-employees-deal-strike-bonus\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike. The deal reportedly makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses of $340,000. 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