This does not surprise me at all. What I want to know is how they enforce it.
Unless they have something better than "fear of somebody seeing you using the smartphone", it isn't getting enforced. If they do have something better I want to know what.
No, I'm not joking. One of my high-school classmates works as R&D there. They ask you to pass through a metal detector gate, take away your phone if found, then give your a company phone for emergency call only. It's that strict (at least for R&D. Probably not for management and others).
At Samsung, you typically walk through multiple sets of metal detectors and security before you can actually get into the fab. Anyone working in an office area can have a phone but they do some... stuff to it.
> Anyone working in an office area can have a phone but they do some... stuff to it.
This is what I'm interested in.
I get it, the guys in bunny suits will probably tolerate being groped and wanded every workday for the rest of their career. I have a hard time beliving the scientific staff and executives tolerate that.
This does not surprise me at all. What I want to know is how they enforce it.
Unless they have something better than "fear of somebody seeing you using the smartphone", it isn't getting enforced. If they do have something better I want to know what.