Already 52 hours a week is detrimental to health as well as a threat to work-life balance, proposing 69 hours is insane. Do hire part-time workers to cover up during high demands, and try to ensure that max allowed is 40 hours per week. A society with the lowest natality with such a work regime cannot survive and will perish, so yes, do pay attention to the younger generations.
The legal working hours in our country are already 40 hours a week. The Ministry of Labor is not even aware of the legal working hours they have created. It's funny, right?
That's right.. I'm a 14 year old student living in Korea. Breakfast is not eaten, lunch is eaten at school, and dinner is eaten at the academy. this is crazy
I used to work for a Korean corporation. 12-hour days in the office and retribution from coworkers because I was always the first person to leave in the evening. I couldn't do that again. If I were Korean, I would emigrate.
I heard about this and thought are they crazy? They are already working way too much but they want to increase it? They are already not having kids due to working too much so the population is falling. They will perish and extinct if they continue like this. Hope they can cut back on working and still flourish like the European countries that have a work and rest balance and still do well.
But businesses are seeing a reduction in the workforce and need the flexibility to work their remaining workers harder to maintain or increase current levels of profitability.
When I heard about this I was shocked. I am a IT professional and because my wife is from Korea we talked a lot about moving to seoul. I could get a job easy in Korea as my skills are rare. However I currently work 36 hours.. No way am I going to more then double this!
I was honestly surprised by how much less(compared to South Korea) people work in the West. In SK its not unheard of for people to work from 9 or 7am to 7pm daily.
@@s1ckenlng yeah but that's not healthy for people to be constantly working and being pressured to reach dead lines. It's like a cycle without ending. It destroys your family and your mental state. Rest and recovery are both equally important in the long run.
@@menervazeita honestly i dont understand this. Putting aside all morals for a second wouldn't it still be detrimental profit wise to force your workers to work like donkeys? I mean if you give them less free time the less opportunities there will be for them to spend that money that they've earned and inject it back into the economy. Wouldn't demand drop the more you fuск your workers? I honestly dont understand how neglecting your workers money spending time boosts profits in the long run if the whole point of economy revolves around supply and demand.
I wish for Koreans, young or old, to go on the street and demand back the 45 or 40 hours. When I was in Korea, Ive seen so many diligent and talented people, but I just wish for them to be able to live a full and happy life instead of having to throw away friendships and family relations for that project your boss wants you to get done on a sunday suddenly. Its far from being worth what you loose, what for? For profit? Recognition? Social stance? Koreans need to ask themselves if it isn't time to change their priorities from being nr. 1 in their skills to being nr. 1 in being happy... I am terrified about the suicide rates already, not sure what will follow if that reform succeeds.
They say 69 hours, but they forget the commuting time and that adds up to more time, not counting some business shaming you from going home earlier than other people
I have noticed an increase in Korean families in my city. We have a 40 hr working week here & work / life balance is important to our way of life. Health & safety standards here also recognise that overworked & overstressed staff leads to less productivity at work & eventual burn out. Which is bad for the industry.
I think I can see WHY they came up with this idea. Not only does it greatly benefit the big business that is all powerful in SK, but in the governments skewed logic they probably think it will increase birth rates too. Make the husband of the house work more hours to earn for both him and his wife. That way the wife doesn't have to work and can stay at home and raise kids. Sadly tho this backwards thinking simply won't work. Early death from overwork and lack of time, energy and drive will negatively effect birth rates not increase them. They'll end up with crippling health and social problems and higher unemployment rates in a very short time. If they do implement these ridiculously long working hours there will be many families adversely affected when the breadwinner of their family dies young from stress and overwork.
However, if the husband works 69 hours per week will he have enough energy to participate in sexual activities? I can't imagine working say 13 hrs per day 5 days a week and still be up for anything other than sleeping when I'm home.
@@samanthabeee6138 - Exactly. Exhaustion, poor health, work stress and maybe even marital problems because of it will mean a lower sex drive to procreate.
@@kazra-b2t Exactly and women need to work these days anyways so what is the point of adding more hours? But sadly that will create another issue with kids. If they had kids, who would care for them if both parents worked?
We all understand that old Korean generations sacrificed their life to raise this country as one of the most powerfull country of the world. However, it's no longer the will of younger generations, and if this is not understand by old generations which control Korea's political decisions, these same younger generation will leave to US or Europe.
you are right.. some companies even do 12 hours a day… the the rest time..omg… 11 straight days..3days off..11 straight days .. 3 days off.. its tough haha
Just like in Japan many people died because of excessive working hours, hopefully working hours in South Korea can be improved so that no more employees die due to excessive working hours. 🙏🇰🇷
benefitial for SMEs in the short term but they won't have incentives to innovate and increase productivity. in the long run they'll loose competiveness domestically and on international level. the gap to large conglomerates is likely to widen, who can pick the best jobseekers, while SMEs are getting more unattractive as they already are
This will mainly benefit the employers and not the employees. I am sure even know countless Korean companies manipulate workers' hours to stay within government-defined limits. This is such a backward mindset.
The problem is "limits". I regularly worked 50-60 hours in my corporate job. Much of it was voluntarily to get ahead. There are industries in the US where 50 hours is nothing. Admittedly, once you start going over 60 hours, it becomes a grind. Basically, 11 hours (5x a week) + 5 hours on Sunday gets you to 60 hours. Stuff gets really tricky after that. You start working full 6 days a week or more than 12 hours a day. But right after school, I waited tables on the weekends for 18 hours + had a corporate job for about 45-50 hours a week. (This never can be maintained forever though. I think that's the problem. Should be done in short bursts in your career. Usually, early on.)
The government most be crazy, how will you have time to have a wife and children. It’s 40 hours a week in US and wished they did a three day 36 hour week, which would be 12 per day but four days off a week, time for school or family
Since the economy is based on the chaebols the demand in the labour market is less. We can't judge which is right or wrong over here. If you want to live a happy life with no financial trouble, you hafta work more time. Korea is densely populated with the least to no natural resources. Hence people have to rely only on their brains for life. Also, people have to support their families. The constant threat from the North also places Koreans on a fence. If the power from chaebols is transferred to others(family successio)
