One in Three Office Workers Reports Discrepancies Between Job Postings and Actual Working Conditions

86% Support Expanding the Ban on "Probation Gapjil" to All Workplaces

A recent survey found that one out of every three office workers has experienced discrepancies between job postings and actual working conditions.

On August 10, Workplace Gapjil 119 announced the results of a survey conducted by Global Research, a public opinion polling agency. The survey was carried out from June 1 to 7 of this year, targeting 1,000 office workers aged 19 and older across the country.

According to the survey, when asked whether the conditions stated in job postings or job offers matched the actual working conditions, 64.7% responded that they were the same, while 35.5% said they were not. The rate of respondents who answered that the conditions were not the same was higher among non-regular workers (39.3%) and employees at workplaces with fewer than five people (42.4%).

Regarding the question of whether the Fair Hiring Procedure Act, which currently applies to workplaces with 30 or more employees, should be expanded to all workplaces to address issues such as repeated extensions of probation periods and false or exaggerated job postings?commonly referred to as "probation gapjil"?85.8% agreed.

Workplace Gapjil 119 emphasized, "Hiring gapjil and probation gapjil are forms of recruitment fraud that exploit the desperation of job seekers," adding, "It is urgent to amend the law to strengthen penalties for employers, such as imposing fines instead of administrative penalties, when actual working conditions differ from those stated in job postings."