Samsung’s hefty bonus deal sparks backlash online

News that Samsung Electronics' management and labor unions agreed to a compensation plan linking bonuses to over 10 percent of business profits prompted significant online backlash Thursday. Under the agreement, employees in Samsung’s semiconductor division, known as DS, could receive performance bonuses as high as 600 million won ($398,000) before taxes this year, based on an annual salary of 100 million won. As reports of the deal circulated online, reactions ranged from admiration to resentme

By The Korea Herald