World’s Biggest Memory Chipmaker Samsung Gives Workers Some Fridays Off
- Samsung offers one Friday off each month, starting next week
- Samsung is latest South Korean company to offer flexible work
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Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest memory chipmaker, is giving staff in South Korea one Friday off each month in a bid to retain talent that increasingly values flexible work.
Starting next week, non-factory, full-time staff can take the day off in the period they get paychecks — usually the week of the 21st, a company spokesperson said by phone Wednesday.