Inside Samsung's Futuristic $300 Million Office | WSJ Open Office
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- Опубликовано: 2 янв 2020
- Samsung’s North American headquarters was designed to integrate into Silicon Valley, not wall employees off from it. Take a tour with WSJ’s Adam Falk as he checks out the workspace, including its elevated, open-air gardens.
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It's crazy cause I worked here as security in 2015-2017. Beautiful Campus, loved the gym and the cafeteria. I especially appreciated the 50% off on the food. The people there are pretty Lazer focused on their work honestly. They are glued to their desks coding and doing all that software engineering stuff. Those guys definitely worked hard.
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@Man In The Arena didn't know Samsung payed that much. Thought it was limited to software companies like Google, Uber, Airbnb, etc.
@@MrArrex Airbnb? you what?? I'm working for Amazon as virtual assistant and web optimizer I get 100k a year. Def Samsung is capable to pay you that high
@@kysierkevin how do I get a job as a virtual assistant at Amazon? What does the job entails?
@@michaellim4165 Graduate with a computer-related major at a top tier university with great portfolio and you are set
Do people work there or just walk around?
Danyal A. THANK YOU. Honestly, with the architect and executive managers talking about this fetish for 'Oh by the way' conversations from just walking. Around. The. Office...
Speaking from personal experience: Talking to your coworkers frequently != Getting work done
@@Roboboy soooooooo you wouldnt work in a bldg like that given the option?! Why put 100% of your time into a company that's not even yours or u can pass down...or work at bldg like that and work 50% and be creating your own business/brand the other 50% while u think about it in the nap tank. Jus sayin
Have you worked with Asian bosses before?
A lot of corporate jobs don't require you to work much. Especially if you're making over 100k per year.
@@Agnyaanamdhvamsakah Indian bosses are micromanaging psychopaths, they take IT jobs too serious. Learn how to relax their more to life. Play the game
300 million seems like a bargain compared to what some of these RUclips real estate agents listings lol
Well because they include the value of the land. This $300 million is probably just on construction and design
The land is probably 50 mil maybe
@@mohamedzarif4473 nope. 100 million easy. Big building and big parking. And bay area is insanely expensive.
Frank Smith still cheaper than I expected
some NYC apartments go for that lol
"This design is about connecting people"
Nokia has entered the chat.
Nokia is dead
Incase you haven’t done your research, go ahead type nokia businesses
Ayy that double pun tho
Blackberry just died
This why Samsung/Apple product expensive, they built stupid huge building in US for no reason
And chinese product with same quality just low cost bcause they not have cost lavist commercial
My chill zone is my bathroom in the dark with headphones on.
Financial Shinanigans and porn playing
Green Giant Probably why toilets don’t have lids
Bro, don't you get cramps of being sitting on the toilet?
Try nap pods
that sounds like a great idea, gotta try it out
People, this is ONLY Samsung's Silicon Valley HQ for their Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center projects. Their global HQ is in SK. So don't compare this to Apple's or Amazon's HQ as this is only one of the campuses of Samsung around the world.
Yep. They pretty much own a city outside of Seoul called Suwon, population 1M+.
rich90553 lol no they don’t own Suwon. (source: I live in Seoul)
@@ckalvinalvin they "own" in a sense. Like Apple owns Cupertino or Google owns Mountain View or Detroit was owned by GM. That's a common phrase in business. They don't literally own the city, the government does. Although Samsung owns a lot of property there.
But matter of fact, hq in seoul is no better than that 😕
@@rich90553 oh yea, i've been to their digital city in Suwon. very organized infrastructure planning. sort of like sim city :D
"tHe dEsIgn iS aBout ConnEctinG pEople"
The most Architecty thing to say.
Would you rather them have say its about separating people?
Reminded me of Nokia
They always say that, they want to sound classy and present their project as something fresh and exotic, but they don't realize how cliche it is.
Seihyun Pyo yes
What you talking about. Those gates surrounding around the place definitely connecting people.
I love how skeptical both the interviewer and the architects are about the productivity boost.
Meanwhile the svp be like yep it works 👌👌 I see improvements defo didn’t waste 300m 💯
It’s crazy because there already tons of research proving that open offices significantly *lower* productivity.
the architect sells the building, so they have to come up with something to say if it is bad anyway
@@alexanderfreeman3406 its common sense too. people putting near windows helps cause sunlight is nice, especially for people with seasonal affective disorder. what DOESNT help is when you make everything open and echoey and give nobody any privacy, because then people get paranoid about people looking over their backs and all the noise. noise cancelling headphones only go so far dammit!
@@alexanderfreeman3406 No one likes being watched while they do their work.
"This design is about connecting people"
me: *stop watching video
defines cliche, your corporate overlords want you hating each other more than anything.
They copied Nokia 😂😂
So true XD
Lois Talagrand it’s an architect thing
Agile
4:47 "engage other workers they might not normally see"
Meanwhile, guy standing in line with headphones
Sign language
so he is one of them? LOL
Maybe he is sick with people
I'd love to work in a place with light and movement. Gorgeous. There's nothing more stifling than tiny work spaces that force you to hunker down and stay in one spot.
Natural light is so important
"This design is about connecting people"
Nokia, connecting people. 😂
2:22 About increasing productivity: "Natural light, helps people focus..."
...Meanwhile all the curtains are rolled down to block the annoying natural light on computer screens.
Yeah my school has curtains that are translucent, it let's in a lot of light without annoying students mid day
that's obvious dumb
At school, midday, sun is out and people decide its night, closed curtains and ugly yellow lights on. This is what triggers me. I need that natural light.
"Does this space help productivity?"
It's an open office...
No it doesnt.
i noticed how he responded to the question. that pause and the cough is very telling, clearly he dosnt believe what he's saying..😂😂😂
Actually it does, this design is used in newer schools, test scores rise and absences drop.
If you are a high ranking member (CEO, CFO, CIO) and have a dedicated office it is great - you are not supposed to be constantly interacting with people. However if you are a middle management or just an employee, people will constantly get in or out of your "private" office, knock, look for other people "is Tom in here? Nah, sorry bro". And then you have the slacking problem - if noone is watching you in your private office, tell me how much time you will be working and watching RUclips? Yes, Open space is loud but it has way more advantages than cons.
Just wait till all the trash builds off in the office space
Ugh apple fanboys
I like how they seem so happy talking about the ambient and infrastructure
One person at the gym... thousands at cafeteria. .yep regular office!
Free coffee , that's the word.
It’s a campus and has a gym
Agreed
Small Pajamas I want in!
My campus has it also
@Brett Kavanaugh hahaha I get it
Really? A campus?
I've worked in multiple open-plan offices and they never "foster creativity", they foster distractions and the inability to concentrate.
I actually do more collaborating when I leave my office and go to someone else's, and have the opportunity to get into a flow state, without 1,000 distractions around me
I've been in a few client offices that were open concepts and it absolutely sucks! You hear everything which is very distracting. Your peripheral vision is always catching stuff moving, adding to the distraction factor. It's just a bad idea. The open office concept is straight up about control. Instead of bosses having to police their employees, everyone else is their eyes and ears. Nobody can be screwing off when everyone around them can see what they are doing and what is on their PC screen or whatever else. So, yeah, it straight up has nothing to do with employee wellness.
Exactly just like modern day Scrum and Agile, ultimately it’s about management micromanaging and stifling employee personal space and creativity.
The hesitation at 2:07 says it all 😂 open offices are all about cost management especially if hot desking
@@MotoAtheist open office has always been the norm in asia. no places for walls everywhere. go cry elsewhere. if you ain't doing anything wrong, it shouldn't be an issue. most bosses are chill anyways if you do things properly.
True! In my role open office make me underpeform more than 50% compare to work from home where i have setup a room like my office without any distraction
Quite impressive - kudos to Samsung and their architects.
USD300m??? That sounds like an amazing cost value! Most companies would take around 800m to 1200m for something like this.
Easy. They pulled off some kind of miracle.
Its a regional HQ not there global HQ
They build it themselves
Their global HQ is basically a city within itself
The fact that it’s only 50M dollars more for the construction and land while a school can be built completed with just 250M and we still have some ol’ shack school or smth
Freebies at workplace are a scam. I'm sure 90% of the employees barely use the game room.
Sour grapes. Once you have perks like free food there's no going back.
As opposed to ones without the free stuff?
Pritam Das that’s different tho.
Wrong. Our office, although nowhere even close to the scale of something like this - offers all the little bells and whistles listed in this video (minus the open air garden). And they are utilized by almost every employee... Daily.
The thing about workplace freebies is that when your good management is replaced by idiotic management, you'll get punished for actually using those workplace freebies. The proverbial Karen is looking over your shoulder at all times.
Engineers hate open office concepts.
I second this.
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I have PTSD from working in an office that has Open Space.
Wait how come? Idk anything about this kinda stuff...
It is toxic AF
"Engage other workers" shows footage of person wearing headphones canceling everyone out.
So the idea of wearing earphones is to 'cancel' people out huh
it's nice to see this much care put into an office building
Why am I watching a 7 minutes ad?
Also, what about accessibility?
+1
Bcz u got lots of $$$
Only you can answer that
Who forced you?
Correction.... 100 employees and 1,700 contractors....
Yep! Outsourcing the American dream.
@Man In The Arena Says the guy who's always looking for the cheapest deal
@@Alpha-ro8sc they are not even American. 😐
@@dinil5566 Where is the Samsung campus located? Hint, not in S. Korea. The American Dream is not only for Americans. It is a dream of a comfortable existence without fear. Ya know, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is why humans from around the world migrate to the USA...or attempt to replicate it where they live.
@@Alpha-ro8sc not sure what you're getting at. Yes, the one in this video is in America but Samsung's MAIN hq is definitely in S Korea. They basically own a city with a population of over a million not too far south from Seoul called Suwon, where they have a massive electronics hq along with other subsidiary businesses owned by Samsung. This one in Silicon Valley is just a satellite location.
Does this improve productivity?
(Contemplates answer for 3 seconds)
*cough* it does.
I live in downtown San Jose' and sometimes on weekends, I take the trolley to the campus to shoot some hoop. It's outside and there's no gate stopping you from getting in. It's essentially open to public. Of course, you can't get into the buildings without a badge but basketball court, tennis court, and the outside area is accessible. I really like this campus. I don't even work there but the community benefits greatly. And with google building in downtown SJ area, the whole city could be one big recreational park. Adobe, eBay, Cisco, payPal ... and many others are already headquartered here.
So they opened in 2015 and they go visit the campus in 2020? Seems legit.
Weird. The number one distraction in office is small talk and this campus design to encourage it.
No, no! It's "collaboration"! Forget setting up a meeting or anything. The water cooler is where the real work gets done.
This isn't some banking company, it's a tech company. Everyone always have small talks either to ask questions or just chit chat because staring at your code the whole day can be stressful.
@@sor3999 ruclips.net/video/u0qgjqQUjSM/видео.html
They create spaces like this to keep you in their ecosystem for longer. But some would say that it takes away from social interaction outside the company campus. I don't really get the need of all of those "recreational" amenities unless you're not scheduled as a 9 to 5, and what really matters is your total weakly work hours and task completion.
Well, just do whatever they want.
I am not sure exactly what kind of job I will do in the future but this kind of office is exactly where I would love to have.
They used Machine learning to design the building, wow
We use super computers for war instead of cancer are you rly surprised
I know! we are throwing ML everywhere it's pretty crazy to think.
He didn't sanitize the nap chair after he was done.
niZmo planet fitness
That’s it, ring the lunk alarm!!
Juan A Fse
The janitors probably just do hourly cleaning of amenities like at the company I used to work in.
What an amazing office . Lovely place to work productively.
sounds dangerous
Love the dark, cold deadzone created in the center, the "black hole" so to speak. Really gives it that "I Am Legend" feel.
2:08 he had to think about it for a sec lol 😂 😂 😂
*_There's a cough after that too_*
@@greycircularity caught that too. super bait
1:57 wave check! Thats some nice waves my dude
True
Wears a du rag to bed.
I was shocked to see that. I want to see the 360
Samsung has a beautiful campus. I like the airy feel to the offices and that they promote getting out of the main building.
I’ve seen this Samsung building before while running around the VTA Train heading from the Gish VTA station to Levi’s Stadium for the 2017 Foster Farms Bowl.
ok you people in the comments need to understand something.
This are NOT Samsung's headquarters as Apple's apple park. These are just their headquarters in USA. Look up for the Samsung city in South Korea and you will find much larger complex.
and people chained to their desks.
@@ohmyblindman That applies to all big companies.
Link here: ruclips.net/video/xyoldCQCHlo/видео.html
Imagine this is your ideal office life😍
Great video WSJ! I throughly enjoyed this video m. Very well put together.
"This design is about connecting people"
*common spaces are empty while everyone proceeds to work in their cubicles
I had a university that was immensely transparent by having a round architecture with glass walls everywhere.
It connected people, but students wanted to have more privacy lol.
$300 million for 1.1 miion square feet of land and the gigantic Building
That's a pretty good bargain...good job
No the main building only is 1.1 Million SF. This is what they do there:
ruclips.net/video/Gpba-Kuv_LU/видео.html
For any Samsung employee, this place would be a dream come true.
I wanna cry. They are so lucky to work there. I cant even dream of it 😭
"The design is about connecting people"
Nokia- hmm interesting
Didn't they notice during design that the courtyard will be super dark most of the day, because, shadow?
It's the Bay Area, sun isn't all that great to have. More time, people avoid direct sunlight. Too much glare when you're on your Galaxy or Note.
More than half of the building and sometimes 3/4 of the building will ever get natural sunlight all at once . U know what I mean
Not sure about your experience with buildings but you're describing every tall building with a courtyard in the world.
@@rich90553 Tall buildings don't normally have courtyards though.
Such a awesome space and office of Samsung.
Honestly seems like a honest space, despite being open office (ergh), but the building architecture is amazing
Good for Samsung treating there employees right. Every company should take notes.
That's credo of founder. He said that the best way to make workers not to form union is treating workers best
Wow. That’d be a dream come true to work in that environment!
When I was in my early 20s worded with Samsung.. Great momaries
That simulation they ran is so cool
*I hope my school had these amenities 😭😍*
Wow! I am amazed by the sheer amount of inefficiency that is there by design!
From my experience, what foster creativity is a real problem that gets you excited about solving it, possibility to be isolated when you want to and small group of people you can bounce your ideas.
And money, lots of it.
0:24 - I like how you juxtapose "Open Office" with a shot of cubicles.
As long as they have more than 4 conference rooms that has around 8-10 people capacity. Thumbs up if you can relate.
What Samsung has done for this word is incredible, just like this amazing building
Especially for Hwang Yumi ...
@@DerKleineSplasher 💀💀💀
06:24 I need one of those in my research office lol. My big chair can recline & that's how I take short naps from time-to-time. Definitely boosts my productivity.
Wow...the amenities are great
He’s guiding him through like on Animal Planet
He's not allowed to see everything.
0:30 you will break your back son
My Samsung is arriving today and this video has to pop up in my feed...
Thank you for your good channels
Does he have waves?
Looks like the walled city of Kowloon.
Samsung Corporation has 64 affiliated companies worldwide. Among them, only one Samsung Electronics company has 196 branch offices in 71 countries. It will take a long time to count all 64 companies and many factory. Not long ago, I saw an article about Samsung Electronics building a semiconductor factory in Texas.
Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
Good host. Let’s see more of him, WSJ.
No.
They invited wsj to cover them since their headquarters wasn’t getting the same hype as apple or amazon
Bacall McElroy ikr... Samsung is so petty 😂
Well Samsung is not based in the US. They are not gonna put $1 billion HQ in the US.
@@AlexYoon yeah I totally agree with you , Samsung just needs a small headquarter in the US since they are based in South Korea and also Samsung basically owns a huge town in Korea that even Amazon and Apple can't compete with
I would still want to work there. It’s way better than my current job.
CchyDee bro samsung isnt even based in the us they have like a whole samsung city back at korea
i really appreciate that, in a good way, this building reminds me of a sleek galaxy book laptop.
We need something like that in here
Are the "chill zones" only for executives? I can't imagine a lower level employee enjoying it, without getting the side eye.
Same. Might make lower level staff look lazy.
I'd be spending my 8 hours in the courtyard, cafeteria, and chill zone and I'd get nothing done.
Samsung a marca absoluta dele beleza grandezas eficiências à um cores misturamos tudo vejam as cintezes que ficaram com grandes desempenhos
Simplesmente lindos
Um não tem jeito quero o meu
Great excitement to see
A dream company with dream eco space 😍
I've been in University libraries that look like that office space, but instead of lots of sprawling desks its just 2 or 3 rows. Finding a desk was always a pain. Libraries need more study areas next to the window with a good view.
woww great video.
1:16 can anyone tell me the name of that software?
It'd be very helpful for a project.
Imagine entering samsung company and interviewing them using apple camera .
None of them really care. A guy on RUclips tried that with Samsung stores
Are the people just walking around or walking around
You know what i mean
Legends will know
I wish my campus would be like this..
My dream work place :>
I don't care how nice your building is, nothing beats working from my home office.
geek
i agree especially if you have a family.
What needs to be created is not just a million dollar office but an accomodation quartier for employees.
"Connecting people" where have I heard those before! 🤔
Very informative!
Now, it's time for me to head back to my office in a walk-in closet.
How's the access to certain rooms? Some disabled people must work there.
Doesn't matter's if it costs 300 Million or more, just waiting for time when work from home jobs would be more readily available.
this is amazing.
Great office. Looks professional.
It's designed just like rikers island prison, are the suicide booths in the chill zone?
If only apple would let people film at their campus. It is so crazy inside. I’ve been in there for work reasons and just wished the world could see all of the crazy designs
You should definitely check the Infosys Mysore Campus. It's one of the biggest campus.
It would be my dream come true to work for Samsung.