Employee Happiness

We aspire to be a high-performance organization where employees enjoy their work and engage as such to generate exceptional performance. We guarantee autonomy in work conditions and methods, provide venues for communication such as Management Development Council and Happisode to narrow the gap between leaders and members and boost teamwork, and implement improvement activities through regular assessments to embed a sense of purpose in our day-to-day work.

We ensure fair and equal opportunity in recruiting competent and talented individuals. The SKCT* performed in the recruitment process helps us objectively verify if a candidate possesses the comprehensive capabilities required of all SK employees. To provide fair opportunity in the selection process, our internal regulations stipulate against discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, social status, origin of birth, academic background, marriage/parenthood status, or medical history, and give precedence to people with disabilities and individuals of low-income and/or other socially underprivileged groups in the paper screening phase. To expand the pool of exceptional external talent, we welcome the recommendations from our employees to secure outstanding talent outside the company.

To build a capacity-based, performance-driven culture, we assess the performance of our employees against objective standards and present future capacity building directions in line with assessment results to encourage their growth. Specifically, our performance assessment indicators include ESG performance to help employees understand and perform their work from the sustainability perspective. We ensure that our employees are provided with adequate compensation in terms of performance pay, promotions and annual salary based on our reasonable performance assessment process.

We operate the Management development council as a consultative body between the company and our employees to build a wholesome corporate culture. Management development council meets quarterly and is attended by key members of management and labor members elected to represent employees, to engage in consultations to integrate diverse agenda items related to the overall happiness of our employees into internal systems. Each quarter, the All Hands Meeting is held for all employees to facilitate a culture of open communication. Furthermore, Happisode, a special meeting directly attended by the CEO, serves to collect and improve on the grievances raised by employees.

We operate wide-ranging employee welfare benefit programs to improve the quality of life along with the work-life balance of our employees. Key programs include integrated welfare benefits, support for family events, tuition support, and health check-ups. Our Management Development Council serves to continuously manage and improve our welfare benefits programs in line with employee needs.

SK D&D operates a wide array of training channels to become a high-performance organization and empower its employees to grow into thoughtful professionals. Leveraging an organized talent nurturing system, we enable our employees to prepare for the rapidly-shifting business landscape.