"I should have seen this first, but my thoughts were short."


"This is not something newbies should apologize for. It's my negligence. This is also my fault."



-Drama <Strange Lawyer Woo Young-woo> Jung Myung-seok (name in the play) is a lawyer ambassador


I had a conversation with my friends that the best welfare at work is 'a good boss'.

Conversely, there is a story that it is just as painful if the boss is blocked in the workplace where he spends most of his day.

There was also a boss filling contest that I wanted to avoid.

In fact, the worries about 'a good boss' are often directed towards the younger generation themselves.

Is that so?

Lawyer Jeong Myung-seok, who appeared in the popular drama <Strange Lawyer Woo Young-woo>, looked like a boss close to the ideal.

It was just like a senior who didn't pass the blame on to his juniors, but a senior who took responsibility with him, a boss who gave essential advice in a timely manner rather than recklessly urging him.



The civil group Gapjil 119, a civic group, conducted an interesting investigation.

A survey was conducted on the conditions of a good boss among 111 office workers in the Kakao Talk open chat room from the 14th to the 18th of last month.

The survey results seem to be a good example of a good boss.


1st place "It's a colleague with a different role, not a subordinate"

The 10 items with the most votes are:



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In particular, I received a lot of votes for the question of viewing subordinates as colleagues with different roles rather than simply as 'subordinates'.

It is probably the desire of office workers who wish that their superiors and subordinates become colleagues with different roles rather than a master-slave relationship in a Korean workplace where the culture of "what is the color ramen" and "top and bottom clothes" still remains.

Questions such as “We closely monitor employees who are being harassed” and “We maintain consistency in our words and actions and instructions” followed.

We know how unhappy our team members can be if these basics are not followed.



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Other items on the list also included not making personal contact outside of business hours or evaluating appearance or clothing.

These seem natural words, but there are many places where even this basic principle is absent.



The subjective responses were also impressive.

In some cases, 'a boss who does not feel comfortable', 'a boss who first creates an atmosphere where the socially weak can talk comfortably at any time', and 'a boss who is not a boss, not a boss' in Chinese characters were suggested. .

These are very common sense contents, but just by following these small principles, everyone's footsteps to work may become lighter.



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Our workplace should be happy right now

Of course, no one decided to be a bad boss from the start.

There is no law that requires only 'the boss' to comply with the conditions raised above.

In most cases, the boss has greater authority in the organization, so these '10 commandments for good bosses' seem to have been created.

These colleagues may not change because they have never been pointed out that such a communication method could be a problem in the first place, 'because it has been like this for a long time', 'because I did more of it', 'because I am not aware of any problems'. .

Pointing out is possible only if there is affection that the person can change, and it is difficult without a close relationship.



I remember being surprised when I went to a startup interview recently.

In pajamas suitable for home wear, three-striped slippers, and even an employee who rested on his stomach, his eyes widened.

Communication among members, including the CEO, was also seen horizontally.

It may not be all there is to it, but it gave me a chance to understand a little bit why the current generation is leaving the 'God's Workplace' conglomerates and leaving for start-ups that guarantee a work-life balance.

Like the phrase in the drama, in the workplace where we spend half of our day, we all need to be happy right now.

What kind of boss or colleague are you?