The starting salary for college graduates is 40 million won. There is a small and medium company that gives new employees 70 million won a year when performance pay, welfare benefits and allowances are combined. QRT, a company specializing in materials, parts, and equipment that provides semiconductor reliability evaluation and size analysis services, is the protagonist.
Last year, the average annual salary of each of the company’s 150 employees was 91 million won, up 14% from a year ago. This is one of the reasons why 7 veteran engineers with more than 20 years of experience joined QRT last year alone. This year, the annual salary for new employees is 44 million won, an increase of 10% from the previous year, and the salary level has improved every year, which is an assessment that talents are flocking in.
According to QRT on the 21st, CEO Kim Young-bu said, “The MZ generation (born in the 1980s and early 2000s) is a young organization that accounts for 65% of the total number of employees ,” he said. It was the ‘CEO Meeting 2022’, prepared for communication with new employees. This meeting was held offline for the first time in two years due to the impact of COVID-19. Between the second half of 2020 and this year, more than 20 new employees were present.
CEO Kim encouraged the employees, “I hope it will become a ‘learning organization’ that does not stand still and continues to grow. I will,” he promised.
QRT focuses on semiconductor reliability evaluation and comprehensive analysis services. It is analyzed that the demand for QRT reliability verification technology increases as the increase in yield (versus defect rate) becomes more important as the semiconductor process expands. Last year’s sales were 71.9 billion won, which is an increase of 32% from the previous year. During the same period, operating profit increased by 83% from 9 billion won to 16.5 billion won. It is also preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) on the KOSDAQ market with its rapid growth ahead.
CEO Kim Young-bu said, “Thanks to the passion and efforts of our employees, we are growing into a domestically and globally recognized semiconductor reliability evaluation company.” he said.
By Kim Byung-geun, bk11@hankyung.com staff reporter
