Samsung dismisses every fifth top Manager because of the failure of Galaxy Note 7.
Samsung plans to lay off 200 staff due to explosive Note 7.
Samsung is going to lay off 20% of its managers in connection with the collapse of the Galaxy Note 7. The company has about 1 thousand managers, 200 of them will be dismissed after a routine assessment of their performance, scheduled for December 2016 the Assessment will be held under the new, more stringent standards.
Can dismiss the head of the mobile division of Koh Dong Gina, who is blamed for the catastrophe of Galaxy Note 7, turning a multi-billion dollar losses for the company. A few days ago at a press conference in South Korea Dong Jin has brought to customers a public apology on behalf of the company and promised to regain their trust.
Koh Dong Jin started to work at Samsung in 1984, and in 2007 he joined the mobile division. The head of this division it was only last year. On account of Koch’s many successful innovations, including the touch pen and the scanner of the iris to the Galaxy Note series and Samsung Pay payment system. Koh Dong-Jin from the beginning was responsible for the creation of the series Galaxy S and Galaxy Note.
It is also possible the dismissal of Ri In Jeong and Rho Tae-moon, who lead the departments software and hardware respectively. Both at the time were considered as candidates for the position of head of all mobile units.
The safety Commission U.S. consumer product specifies in its report that the cause of the explosion of the battery Galaxy Note 7 could be too small for the battery compartment in the phone. When extending the battery during the heating process, the Department became close and started to push on the battery, which caused a short circuit.
