It is a congratulatory money with a lot of talk and a lot of talismans.



The story of an office worker who recently went with his wife to a senior's wedding at work and was beaten up for paying only 100,000 won in congratulatory money became a hot topic. The story is noisy online.



Recently, an article titled 'Employee who left the company after honeymoon 4 weeks before the wedding ceremony' spread around the online community.



The author said, "An employee in his 30s who joined the company four weeks before his wedding day left the company on the same day he went on his honeymoon after receiving all the congratulatory money from the employees at the time of the wedding and the wreaths and congratulatory money from related companies." I went." He was embarrassed.



Then, he burst into anger, saying, "If you left the company like that, shouldn't you leave a message of resignation in an email or in the company chat room?



In response to this story, most netizens responded that the new employee went too far.



Meanwhile, various controversies surrounding congratulatory money are steadily becoming a hot topic.



There is a story saying, "I paid 50,000 won for a wedding where the cost of a meal for one person was over 80,000 won, but I was told I didn't like it by an acquaintance." There was also a response saying, “It’s honestly burdensome even if I hit it.”



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If so, what is an appropriate congratulations amount?



As a result of a survey of 300 unmarried men and women in their 20s and 30s in March last year by Duo, a marriage information company, the average amount of congratulatory money was 78,900 won.



53.3% of the respondents answered 'less than 100,000 won' and 45.3% answered that 'more than 100,000 won to less than 200,000 won' was appropriate.



The biggest criteria for determining the amount of a gift were ① intimacy (83.3%) ② economic situation (9.3%) ③ amount paid by people around you (4.0%).



In response to the congratulatory money controversy, some netizens responded, "Considering that the wedding ceremony cost has increased a lot, I can understand the feelings of the wedding party." The reaction was also tense.



▶ "100,000 won as a congratulatory money for a newcomer is a burden...70,000 won is not enough"


▶ "Do you bring your wife to eat?"...

Controversy over '100,000 won' congratulatory money