Naver's five-day work week system will virtually disappear.

In the future, employees will be able to autonomously choose where and when they work.



Naver announced on the 4th that it will introduce a new work system called 'connected work'.



The new work system, which will be implemented from July, will be 'Type-O' (Office-based Work), which works at the office for more than 3 days a week, and the rest work remotely, and 'Type-R' (which is based on telecommuting 5 days a week) Remote-based Work), employees can autonomously choose the type of work they want.



Workers who choose 'Type-O' will be assigned assigned seats in the office.



'Type-R' workers operate on an autonomous seating system, but are provided with shared seating to work in the office if needed.



Accordingly, Naver employees can choose one of two working methods, once in the first half and once in the second half.



Employees can only work from home if they wish.



There are of course exceptions.



In principle, new hires must go to work at least once a week for 3 months after joining the company to adapt to the company, and fixed seats are provided for up to 6 months after joining the company, regardless of the type of work selected by the individual.



In addition, for existing employees, we have introduced a policy to recommend a face-to-face teamwork day at least once a month for emotional exchange between colleagues.



An internal evaluation suggests that Naver's experience of telecommuting over the past two years during the nationwide spread of the corona virus played a major role in Naver's introduction of a new, disruptive work type.



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Choi Soo-yeon, CEO of Naver, said, "Naver has created a trust-based autonomous culture and best performance by focusing on the more essential 'value of work' rather than 'when' and 'where' to work. We will look for various ways to immerse ourselves in work in an environment.”



Attention is paid to how Naver's bold choice of fully autonomous work will affect other IT industries in the social atmosphere that reverts to the pre-COVID-19 spread.



(Photo = provided by Naver)