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Samsung Electronics vs NEC: headquarters, benefits and pay compared

Samsung Electronics is headquartered in Suwon, South Korea; NEC in Tokyo, Japan. NEC's headquarters was designed by Nikken Sekkei. Samsung Electronics has more employees (259,149 vs 101,800).

Samsung Electronics vs NEC in numbers

Samsung ElectronicsNEC
—HQ size≈1.6M sq ft
259,149Employees101,800
8.6%Turnover—
—Median pay—
—Revenue per employee—

From each company's annual report or proxy statement; fiscal years differ — see each profile. — = not published. Revenue per employee is calculated by eciffo.

Samsung Electronics headquartersSamsung ElectronicsSuwon, South Korea

Samsung's headquarters is a 390-acre “Digital City” in Suwon with free meals, on-site clinics, daycare, a swimming pool — and its own heliport.

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Headquarters

Digital City
390 acres (≈ 1.58 million m²)
Innovation Museum
10,950 m² (≈ 117,900 sq ft), 5 storeys, opened 2014
Seocho architect
KPF with Samoo
Seocho area
2,600,000 sq ft (239,000 m²)
San Jose architect
NBBJ
San Jose area
1,100,000 sq ft (≈ 102,000 m²) · tracking LEED Silver

Benefits

  • Meals3 a day freeBreakfast, lunch and dinner are free in the cafeterias, with Korean and international menus. Digital City alone served 72,000 free meals a day in 2014.
  • Daycare13 centersIn-house daycare centers in Korea with room for 3,157 children (2025). Samsung also helps pay children's school tuition, from kindergarten to university.
  • Parental leave5,435Employees on parental leave in 2025; 99.4% of women and 98.3% of men came back afterwards. A “reboarding” program helps people return.
  • Fertility treatment5 paid daysPaid fertility treatment leave. Pregnant employees may ask for shorter hours for the whole pregnancy.
  • Partner's leave20 paid daysPaid partner's leave, or 3 paid days of bereavement leave after a partner's miscarriage or stillbirth.

Themes

#Famous architects#Free counseling#Family building#Office tour videos#Asia

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NEC headquartersNECTokyo, Japan

A 43-floor “rocket” with an open space through its middle to calm the wind, on the same Tokyo ground where NEC began in 1899.

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Headquarters

Architect
Nikken Sekkei
Builders
Obayashi Corporation, Kajima Corporation
Completed
January 1990
Floors
43 above ground, 4 below, 1 penthouse
Floor area
145,100 m² (≈ 1,561,842 sq ft)
Site
21,280 m² (≈ 229,056 sq ft), about 65% green
Structure
Steel, steel-reinforced concrete and reinforced concrete
Award
BCS Prize, 1991 (32nd)

Benefits

  • Childcare payment¥550,000 + ¥100,000¥550,000 after a birth, plus ¥100,000 before the birth (since 2024) when a parental-leave plan is filed 3 months ahead.
  • Partner's childbirth leave10 days paidNew paid leave around a partner's delivery, on top of annual leave.
  • Family Friendly leave5 days paidPaid days each year that can be used for childcare and family needs.
  • Super FlexNo core timeFlex-time with no core hours, combined with telework.
  • Remote-area workAllowedLive far from your office — even a bullet-train or plane ride away — and work mainly by telework.

Themes

#Famous architects#Office cafés#Asia

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