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Samsung Electronics vs Panasonic: headquarters, benefits and pay compared

Samsung Electronics is headquartered in Suwon, South Korea; Panasonic in Kadoma, Japan. Samsung Electronics has more employees (259,149 vs 183,685).

Samsung Electronics vs Panasonic in numbers

Samsung ElectronicsPanasonic
—HQ size—
259,149Employees183,685
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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Panasonic headquartersPanasonicKadoma, Japan

On the Kadoma site where it has been based since 1933, Panasonic now runs an eight-storey lab built around a four-storey atrium of plants, mist and 40 channels of nature sound.

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Headquarters

Technology CUBE design
Takenaka Corporation (Osaka office)
Floor area
42,094 m² (≈ 453,100 sq ft)
Site
68,268 m² (≈ 734,800 sq ft)
Floors
8 above ground + penthouse
Built
Feb 2023 – Jan 2025; interiors to Aug 2025; full operation Apr 2026
Ratings
CASBEE S (BEE 3.1) · WELL Platinum (5th & 8th floors)
Awards
Osaka Governor's Prize, FY2025 Osaka Environmentally Friendly Architecture Award · Nikkei New Office Award 2026 (Creative Office Award)

Benefits

  • Annual paid leave25 daysGranted each year; employees in Japan took 21.4 days on average in FY2026 (85.5%).
  • Remote workYesWork that doesn't assume coming in; 19.6% of employees in Japan worked remotely at least half the days in a month (April 2026).
  • Flextime89.7%Choose your own start and end times; 44,273 employees in Japan use flexible hours.
  • Four-day weekOptionalA selective four-day workweek; 133 people used it in FY2026.
  • Housing50–65%Rent subsidy for your own lease (capped), or company housing and singles' dormitories where you pay 20–35%.

Themes

#Solar power#Famous architects#Office tour videos#Office cafés#Asia

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