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Samsung starts winding down chip production six days before planned 18-day strike — company enters "emergency management mode," daily losses could hit $2 billion (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Quick read of the article and it only shows “$” and not ₩. So I assume that means USD.

That’s a big payout, and it shows how much we’re getting gouged for memory prices.

[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 33 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago) (1 children)

OP's article sucks. It is all in Won according to this article from Tom's hardware

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/samsungs-last-ditch-union-talks-collapse-eight-days-before-planned-18-day-chip-factory-strike

Professor Song Heon-jae of the University of Seoul puts the figure higher, projecting losses of approximately 1 trillion won ($700 million) per day from factory shutdowns, Seoul Economic Daily reported on April 26.

So Samsung offered like $225 USD for a one time bonus to these employees. No wonder they're striking

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 27 minutes ago)

Ah, that makes more sense. $225 is minimal for a “bonus” payout. Thanks for finding a better source.