“I came all this way with the determination to lose everything.”


The reason I got on the train to Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do to meet Mr. A, the informant of bullying at work, was because of this one word.

A job he found difficult after retiring from a pharmaceutical company where he had worked for over 15 years.

He was unfamiliar with the job of an attendant, but since he is the head of a family, he must have struggled to endure it somehow flexibly.

He often sighed that the past year had been a time when he was treated subhumanly.

He wondered what happened to him.


"Management of father's grave, moxa moxibustion"...

The life of a servant-like 'training knight'

The task of the founder of a plastic manufacturer in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province was not simple.

Every Saturday, I had to manage the grave of the founder's father, an hour away, but Mr. A said that the size alone exceeded 1,000 square meters.

From simple weeding to planting seedlings and administering medicine, the work to be done increased with each passing season.

Because moxibustion is good for health, he instructed me to learn moxibustion and open it myself.

It was Mr. A’s responsibility to grow and harvest 160 blueberry trees, dispose of food waste in the house, and clean up.

There were more 'gap-jil' that were not included in the article.

"Because I'm an attendant, I was willing to run errands to some extent, but even doing it was too much. It seemed that even human beings didn't see it."

Mr. A's words. 



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The founder claimed, "Mr. A did it voluntarily a few times, but there was no coercion."

The manager of his father's graveyard also said that Mr. A, who was taking a break in the car, said he was 'bored' and participated in pulling grass himself.

In the case of moxibustion, it was said that it was done with the consent of Mr. A, who was concerned about his health.

It is claimed that everything was done voluntarily by Mr. A, and there was no coercion or pressure.

At the top of the explanatory text sent to the reporter, the founder wrote, "Execution: Follow the superiors, Management: Regularly administer and process."

It seemed to explain that the job of the attendant, Mr. A, was a normal and proper job to assist himself as a 'superior'.

The founder expressed his position that 'if there is something to be corrected in the future, I will do it', but he also resented Mr. A, who chose to report it to the media rather than solving the problem inside the company.


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Because it's an attendant?

There is no such thing as 'good goofy'

Labor attorney Jin-ah Lee evaluated this case as "a type of abuse that typically occurs in practitioners."

The duties performed by the CEO do not mean to take care of all personal affairs, but it is necessary to accurately recognize that the scope of the duties of the executive officer is the CEO's commitment in the 'process of performing the company's business'. .

The Ministry of Employment and Labor also judges that personal business instructions that go beyond the level of request, such as repetitive personal errands, are considered acts that are not necessary for work and can fall under 'harassment at work'.

The moment you forget the basics that your co-workers are the same person as you, misfortune in the workplace will inevitably repeat itself.