Samsung Employees Root for Stock Plunge, Outraging Investors

The hot topic today revolves around the recent decline in Samsung Electronics' stock price.

This downward trend has left investors sighing in despair.

Amid this situation, some Samsung Electronics employees have sparked controversy by posting messages wishing for the stock price to drop further.

Yesterday, on October 15, posts appeared one after another on the employee-exclusive bulletin board of an anonymous community for office workers, with comments like "Drop to 100,000 won" and "It's more profitable if it goes down," seemingly welcoming the stock price slump.

This reaction is interpreted as stemming from the special management performance bonuses scheduled to be paid next year.

Samsung Electronics management and labor union previously agreed to fund the special management performance bonuses using 10.5 percent of the operating profit from the Device Solutions division.

The bonuses are paid in Samsung Electronics shares, calculated by subtracting taxes and insurance premiums from each individual's performance-based bonus.

Because the number of shares is determined by the stock price at the time of payout, a lower stock price means they can receive more shares.

Netizens are expressing fury over these posts, criticizing the lack of empathy.

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