Samsung Super Enterprise Union: "81.5% in Foundry Division Intend to Leave Within 2 Years"...Talent Outflow Warning

The Samsung Electronics Branch of the Super Enterprise Union (hereafter referred to as the Super Enterprise Union) conducted a survey on members' perceptions of job changes, revealing that nearly half of the respondents indicated they were considering changing jobs within the next two years. Notably, in the Foundry Division (semiconductor contract manufacturing), over 80% of respondents said they had intentions to leave.

On July 16, the Super Enterprise Union announced that at 10 a.m., it held the kickoff (first) meeting of the Device Solutions (DS) Policy Committee, which is responsible for semiconductor operations. The DS Policy Committee serves as a channel to reflect frontline workers' voices in bargaining demands through input from union members in each business division. On the agenda at this meeting were topics such as the committee's operating rules, sharing the results of the members’ job change perception survey, setting the 2027 wage and collective bargaining agreement timeline, and sharing updates and establishing responses to mega project-related issues.

Choisung Ho, Chairman of Samsung Electronics Branch of the Super Large Labor Union. Photo by Yonhap News

According to the results of the “Job Change Intentions within the Next Two Years” survey released by the Super Enterprise Union, 81.5% of the 1,462 respondents from the Foundry Division answered “high” or “very high,” marking the highest figure. This was followed by the System LSI Division at 75.4% and the Semiconductor Research Center at 60.6%, both surpassing the overall average of 49.5%. In comparison, the Memory Division recorded 32.7%, and the AI Center 31.6%.

This survey was conducted over two weeks, from June 17 to June 31, targeting approximately 50,000 members of the Super Enterprise Union, with around 8,000 members responding. As of the previous day, the total membership of the Super Enterprise Union was 54,355.

Choi Seungho, Chairman of the Samsung Electronics Branch of the Super Enterprise Union, said, “The survey results on job change intentions, which were conducted directly by the union, clearly reflect the sense of crisis among workers in the field. The company must take these results seriously and quickly develop effective measures to prevent workforce outflow.”

He added, “For the 2027 wage and collective bargaining negotiations, the Super Enterprise Union will take sole responsibility, not relying on joint bargaining. Until the opening of negotiations in early December, we will use the Policy Committee as a focal point to develop bargaining proposals that reflect feedback from the field.”

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