A female Samsung Electronics employee posted an article online stating that she was promoted two years earlier than her peers because she actively participated in social life outside of work, such as dinner parties and golf, and that netizens furious Samsung Electronics is in a position that the article is not true, saying that candidates for promotion are determined by work performance regardless of their annual leave.
Samsung Electronics announced on the 7th that it has promoted personnel to the level of department manager, deputy manager, and manager on the 28th of last month. On the 4th, on the anonymous community of ‘Blind’ office workers after the promotion, an article related to personnel was posted by netizen A, who verified that he was a Samsung Electronics employee.
In an article called ‘The social life of female workers, am I an old man?’, Mr. And that he was promoted two years earlier than his teammates, and he cited participation in social life such as dinner parties as the reason for his early stage. promotion.
He said, “My team members and the manager don’t like lunch very much. However, the executive likes company dinners, so we do it often. Voluntary attendance,” he said. Every time, only men attended, and even if women sometimes come, they don’t drink.” He continued, “I even learned how to play golf and play rounds together. This time, the women’s promotion in the team was over, and I was promoted two years earlier.”
Some female employees also criticized what they said was the company’s ‘glass ceiling’. Noted Mr. And that “dining outings are the basics of social life,” he noted, “It’s natural to get a promotion or a better job by being seen well by the superiors, but it’s a glass ceiling because they didn’t do it.” Then, he asked if his appearance was ‘Kkondae’.
This article was deleted from that day, but while it was posted, it was posted on the popular blind article and attracted the attention of many netizens. Even after it was deleted, posts were posted with their own opinions regarding the article on the blind.
One netizen said, “If you give up your natural rights as a worker and behave like a slave, it will benefit you immediately, but because of people like that, you have to unfairly give up your rights to get something, and that’s how. other workers are harmed.” refuted the idea of Mr. Other netizens also showed reactions such as “What are you proud to be evaluated for something outside of work?”
On the other hand, some netizens said, “It’s not kkondae, it’s a good social life.” “People’s evaluations cannot be objective. He also gave opinions such as “I would like to give a chance to someone who is good for me” and “He might have done a good job too”.
Samsung Electronics is in a position that Mr A’s claim is different from the truth. Since last year, the standard for annual promotion has been abolished, and a promotion evaluation is held based on personnel performance that reflects work performance.
An official from Samsung Electronics said, “In the current system, the term ‘early promotion’ is no longer appropriate because the promotion targets are determined based on job performance regardless of annual leave standards.” Rapid promotion can be considered early promotion.”
In addition, he said, “The candidates for promotion are selected according to personnel evaluation, and activities outside of work are not reflected in the promotion evaluation.”
