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are IT companies that give stock options to their employees as a performance reward.

Naver is also implementing this system, but the Naver union revealed that a Naver employee who died recently complaining of excessive work stress was rather pressured with stock options.

When we covered Naver's stock option system, it was worth it.



This is an exclusive report by reporter Kim Ki-tae.



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Since 2019, Naver has implemented a stock option system that pays out treasury stock worth 10 million won to all employees and allows them to be disposed of after two years.



However, according to internal documents related to stock options secured by SBS, a condition-enhanced stock option system is separately operated for specific employees.




It's a secret who the target is, so even the employees don't know.



[Naver employee: Ganghwa-hyung is said to be a core talent internally.

I only know through the disclosure that I receive about 1,000 to 3,000 shares.

100 million to 300 million, 400 million won.]



Selection criteria are employees who are judged to have a role that drives growth, leadership and potential.




Since they are all qualitative evaluation criteria, they are actually determined by the individual judgment of the 'responsible leader'.



Naver employee manager A, who was found dead on the 25th of last month, was also a responsible leader in determining the evaluation and compensation for the deceased.



The union's explanation is that Mr. A used this to give heavy work orders and insults to the deceased.



[Han Mi-na / Naver union secretary: Because he can decide all personnel measures such as granting stock options, recovery of the granted stock options, dismissal of positions or job changes, executive A mentioned compensation such as stock options to the deceased and put strong pressure on the deceased. I checked... .]



Kakao has also been paying stock options on an irregular basis since 2017, and it is analyzed that both companies aimed to increase employee loyalty and the effect of keeping employees tied up in the IT industry where turnover is frequent.



This is because trading is possible only after two years have been completed after receiving stock options, and in the case of the reinforced type, the conditions are more difficult, so it is not easy to change the company or respond to an unfair thing within the deadline.



Because of this, Naver and Kakao employees demanded "Give me cash, not stock" at a meeting with the founder earlier this year.



[Naver employee: I often feel like a shackle shackled by sacrificing my present self with future values ​​as collateral.] The



Ministry of Employment and Labor, which started special labor supervision for Naver, is also planning to look into whether there is pressure on the deceased using stock options. .



(Video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)