Samsung Electronics Regains Top Spot as Most Desired Employer... Attractive 'High Salaries'
Top Companies Like Kakao, Naver, and Hyundai Motor Consider Salary, In-House Welfare, and Employee Benefits Heavily
Samsung Electronics achieved a record high performance with annual sales exceeding 279 trillion won. On the 7th, Samsung Electronics announced that its preliminary consolidated results for last year showed sales of 279.04 trillion won and an operating profit of 51.57 trillion won. Employees are arriving at Samsung Electronics Seocho Office on this day. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hye-young] Samsung Electronics reclaimed the top spot as the most desired company to join, which it had lost to Kakao last year.
On the 14th, job platform Saramin conducted a survey of 2,264 adult men and women regarding the 'most desired company to join.' Samsung Electronics (20.7%) ranked first. Kakao, which had overtaken Samsung Electronics last year to claim first place, came in second (12.6%).
Following Samsung Electronics and Kakao were ▲Naver (8.2%) ▲Hyundai Motor Company (6.2%) ▲CJ CheilJedang (4.3%) ▲Korea Electric Power Corporation (3.8%) ▲LG Electronics (3.4%) ▲Woowa Brothers (3%) ▲Korea Gas Corporation (3%) ▲SK Hynix (3%) among the top 10.
By gender, women favored ▲Samsung Electronics (19.8%) ▲Kakao (16.3%) ▲Naver (11.1%) ▲CJ CheilJedang (6.1%) ▲Woowa Brothers (3.9%) ▲LG Electronics (3.7%) ▲Korea Electric Power Corporation (3.5%) ▲Toss (2.6%) ▲Danggeun Market (2.4%) ▲Korea Land and Housing Corporation (2.4%), with many IT (Information Technology) companies ranking high.
On the other hand, men favored ▲Samsung Electronics (21.7%) ▲Hyundai Motor Company (10.3%) ▲Kakao (8.6%) ▲Naver (5%) ▲Korea Gas Corporation (4.4%) ▲Korea Electric Power Corporation (4.1%) ▲SK Hynix (3.9%) ▲Korea Land and Housing Corporation (3.5%) ▲LG Electronics (3.1%) ▲POSCO (3%), showing strong preferences for large corporations and public enterprises.
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Respondents cited 'high salary' (25.7%) as the most common reason for choosing these companies. This was followed by in-house welfare and benefits (19.6%), company vision and growth potential (17.8%), stability such as job security (14.3%), external reputation and corporate image (5.4%), and support for career development such as self-improvement (4.8%).
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