"I Cried Bitterly Out of Guilt" Wemakeprice Employee's Emotional Post

Posted Employee on Anonymous Workplace Community
"I Feel Guilty for the Promotion"

As a settlement delay incident occurred at Wemakeprice and TMON, subsidiaries of the e-commerce platform Qoo10, a post by a Wemakeprice employee saying "I cried my eyes out because I felt so sorry" caught attention on an online community.

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On the 23rd, a post by a person identified as working at "Wemakeprice" was uploaded on the anonymous workplace community 'Blind.' The poster, A, wrote, "I don't remember crying since I became an adult, but today on my way home after drinking, I think I cried my eyes out for the first time in over 10 years." He added, "It wasn't just because the company was failing and my future looked bleak," and "I remember the blank expressions of the young team members when we received the company's unilateral notice during a team meeting."

He continued, "There are tens of billions of won in unsettled payments, and when I repeatedly apologized, I also remember the trembling voice of the vendor company representative comforting me, saying 'MD, it's not your fault,'" and revealed, "I think I cried my eyes out for about an hour." A expressed, "After the company was acquired by Qoo10, all the promotions we did to encourage vendors to increase transaction volume now feel so regrettable and painful."

Netizens who read the post responded with comments such as "I can feel the guilt in the writing," "As a consumer, even if I lost a few hundred thousand won, it wouldn't affect my life, but the vendors must feel hopeless," and "The employees are not at fault." Some also expressed concern for the employees, saying, "I hope their salaries haven't been delayed," and "The employees are victims too." It was reported that the post has since been deleted.

The settlement delay incident at Wemakeprice and TMON, triggered by liquidity shortages at Singapore-based e-commerce company Qoo10, is gradually spreading. According to industry sources on the 24th, credit card transactions such as payments and cancellations have been blocked at Wemakeprice and TMON, and advance settlement loans for sellers through banks have also been suspended. As a result, not only the settlement of payments to sellers but also consumer refunds have become difficult for the time being at Wemakeprice and TMON. Based on estimated payment amounts at Wemakeprice and TMON, it is anticipated that the scale of damage will exceed at least 100 billion won, raising concerns about consumer harm.