Criticized for commuting, called a 'Kkondae Ajumma'
Relentlessly insists on spending 12,000 won for public meal allowance
A story has emerged about a woman who was called a 'kkondae ajumma' after she criticized a newly hired female employee in her 20s about attendance and meal allowance usage.
On the 8th, a post titled "Please watch a fight with the MZ generation" was uploaded to an online community. The author, A, who introduced herself as a woman in her 40s, said, "The new employee is a 26-year-old woman," and opened by saying, "She arrives exactly at 9 and leaves exactly at 6. I have no complaints."
She continued, "The problem is that on days she arrives at 8:52, she says she will leave at 17:52. On days she arrives at 8:45, she says she will leave at 17:45," and added, "When I told her to adhere to the clock-in and clock-out times and keep to 9 to 6, she said, 'What about arriving early?' Also, from 30 minutes before leaving, she goes back and forth to the restroom to put on makeup and does not work."
A also raised an issue about the use of meal allowances. Although not explicitly stated in the labor contract, the company allows employees to use a corporate card for meal expenses up to 12,000 KRW per person. Since individuals have to pay for their own meals when eating separately, colleagues usually gather to eat together. However, B does not follow this properly. When five employees, including B, go out to eat and four order 10,000 KRW meals, B orders a 20,000 KRW meal alone. The four employees order 10,000 KRW meals, spending 2,000 KRW less each, so B adds the 8,000 KRW difference to her own 12,000 KRW allowance to order more expensive food.
A said, "She desperately tries to spend the full 12,000 KRW no matter what," and added, "Because of this issue, I am out of favor with the boss and having a hard time." She lamented, "Being called a 'kkondae ajumma' makes it hard to focus on work. Is this really being a kkondae?" Netizens who read the story responded with comments such as, "It is right to follow the set working hours, not the total hours worked," "The problem is not the MZ generation but that new employee seems really strange," and "Cutting her off quickly would be better for mental health."
Meanwhile, around April, Shiftee, an integrated workforce management solution company, reported that according to '2021-2023 data on employees' clock-in, clock-out, and working hours,' the average clock-in time for workers was 9:01 in 2021, but it became earlier at 8:56 in 2022 and 8:50 in 2023. The average clock-out time also moved earlier from 18:29 in 2021 to 18:24 in 2022 and 18:21 in 2023. Especially on Fridays before the weekend, the average time was 18:12, which is 9 minutes earlier than the overall average.
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