Samsung , in a bold move to address its recent financial challenges, has mandated a six-day work week for its executive staff.Last year, the South Korean conglomerate faced a significant financial challenge, with its operating profit dropping by 85% to $4.7 billion, marking its worst performance since 2009.Despite this, the company's net profit remained strong, albeit with a 73% decrease in the final quarter of 2023 to $11.24 billion, demonstrating Samsung's resilience in the face of...
Execs at Samsung are being asked to work above and beyond as the company battles with competition and finances.
Another Taylor Swift album cycle, another barrage of broken records for music’s conquering titan. According to Variety, Swift has already sold 700,000 vinyl copies of The Tortured Poets Department, breaking the record for weekly vinyl sales in just three days. By the time the week is out, she’ll have broken the previous record of 693,000 copies set by Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which toppled the previous record of 570,000 set by Taylor Swift’s Midnights. These sales figures are...
President Joe Biden announced a new infusion of solar energy funding and the establishment of the American Climate Corps.
Today — on Earth Day — non-profit search engine Ecosia has launched the “greenest browser on Earth” as it seeks to offer customers a more sustainable alternative to Google Chrome or Apple’s Safari. Just like Ecosia’s search engine, the more you use the browser, the more trees you will help plant. The Berlin-based company says it has already planted 200 million trees since 2009. The new browser will be powered by renewable energy from Ecosia’s own solar farms. In fact, the company says...
Don’t be deluded by media hullabaloo – but smart employers can get creative with schedules to attract and retain talentAccording to CNN “4-day workweeks may be around the corner. A third of America’s companies are exploring them.” CNBC says: “This US company tested a 4-day workweek – and says it made workers happier and more productive.” Newsweek tells us: “Millennials Are Ready For a Four-Day Week.” So why do all of my clients say nope?According to an advocacy organization, more than 300...
The weekend is about to look a little less like the weekend for the bosses at one of the world’s largest technology and manufacturing companies. Samsung will soon require its executives to work six days a week, according to an April 18 report from the Korea Economic Daily. The Korea-based conglomerate, which makes Galaxy smartphones, flatscreen televisions, appliances and a wide range of other devices, is a stalwart of the tech industry. It generates tens of billions of dollars of revenue every...
Samsung mandated that its executives report to the office six days per week in a stunning move away from other companies around the world, which have begun embracing four-day workweeks.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The latest Smoke Trends report from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality underscores the continuation of the trend of more summertime smoke due to wildfires, with Bend and Central Oregon one of the worst-hit regions. The report includes the addition of Air Quality Index, or AQI, data from the 2023 wildfire season,
A poster and trailer have been released for director R. Ellis Frazier’s action thriller Day Labor. The film follows a Latino American Veteran looking for work who finds himself caught in a battle for survival after he is mistakenly dropped off at a private ranch in Texas to be hunted for sport. Watch the trailer […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: An honest day’s work turns into a fight for...
The law to dissolve RTVS has yet to clear parliament but its fate appears to be sealed.
Energy advocacy organization Power the Future has declared April 22 the inaugural “American Fossil Fuel Workers Day of Visibility,” complete with a digital ad campaign — on the same day as Earth Day.