Nakuba kungase kubonakale sengathi i-Samsung yaseNingizimu Korea iphumelele ngonyaka odlule futhi akukho lutho oluyikhathazayo, okuphambene kuyiqiniso. Naphezu kwekusasa elithembisayo, ubuholi bayo buhlakazeka kancane kancane, futhi ngemva kwecala lenkohlakalo lomunye wabameleli abaphezulu balesi sikhulu sezobuchwepheshe, omunye umuntu obaluleke kakhulu ushiya inkampani.
Iphini likamongameli wale nkampani u-Oh-Hyun Kwon, kuze kube manje okleliswe phakathi kwamadoda amathathu anethonya kunawo wonke kwaSamsung, umemezele ukuthi uyasula. Ngokusho kwamazwi akhe, ufuna ukuvula indawo yegazi elincane ngokuhamba kwakhe, okufanele akwazi ukuphendula kangcono embonini yezobuchwepheshe ethuthuka ngokushesha futhi abeke isiqondiso kuyo. Yena ngokwakhe, ngakolunye uhlangothi, uzonyamalala ngokuphelele ku-Samsung futhi kuthiwa ngeke afake izicelo zanoma yikuphi okunye okuthunyelwe.
“Yinto ekade ngicabanga ngayo. Bekungesona isinqumo esilula, kodwa ngizwa sengathi ngeke ngisakwazi ukusihlehlisa,” kuphawula uKwon ngokuhamba kwakhe.
Umphakathi udlula ngezikhathi zokuchuma
Noma ukuhamba kwelinye lamalungu abaluleke kakhulu abaphathi kuyigalelo elibi kwa-Samsung, kufanele kuvunywe ukuthi u-Kwon ubengeke akhethe isikhathi esingcono sokuhamba. Njengoba ngike ngabhala esigabeni sokuqala, umdondoshiya waseNingizimu Korea ubhekana nezikhathi zegolide ngempela. Ngokwemibiko kuze kube manje evela ezinkampanini ezahlukene zokuhlaziya, ikota yesithathu ka-2017 ilethe indondo ehlonishwayo engu-14,5 trillion ewinile esikhwameni sakwaSamsung, esingaba yimiqhele eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-280. Lokhu kubangelwa ikakhulukazi ama-chips, intengo yawo ekhuphuke kakhulu ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula.
Kodwa-ke, naphezu kwemiphumela ethembisayo, i-Samsung inciphisa umdlandla wayo. Uyazi ukuthi nakuba inzuzo inkulu, kunalokho iyizithelo zokutshalwa kwezimali ezindala nezinqumo. Kodwa-ke, injini ezoqinisekisa ikusasa eliqhakazile lenkampani ayikafiki emkhathizwe, futhi lokhu kuyabakhathaza kancane abaphathi bakwaSamsung. Ngethemba, esikhathini esizayo, ngeke kube khona ukwehla okuphawulekayo futhi abantu baseNingizimu Korea bazoqhubeka nokubeka phakathi kwabaphezulu embonini yezobuchwepheshe.
