Date/time: Wednesday 9/28, 9:30am
Location: Skype
Today I met with Dojun over Skype. We talked about his work. He said that he was having trouble there. One very interesting thing that emerged from this session is workplace etiquette. He told me that in South Korea, no one really gets to go home when their shift is over. He said that they have to read the room and try to understand what is going on and whether or not it is okay to leave. He said this is especially true if their boss is much older than them. He also said that because no one ever leaves on time, their pay already includes extra money accounting for this. This was so interesting to me. I told him all about how pay works here, and how overtime is quite a big deal in some companies. Many companies will force people to go home because they don't want to pay them overtime. I told him that overtime is a time and a half, and he found this interesting- that people WANT to work longer, and that the employers don't want them to.
Location: Skype
Today I met with Dojun over Skype. We talked about his work. He said that he was having trouble there. One very interesting thing that emerged from this session is workplace etiquette. He told me that in South Korea, no one really gets to go home when their shift is over. He said that they have to read the room and try to understand what is going on and whether or not it is okay to leave. He said this is especially true if their boss is much older than them. He also said that because no one ever leaves on time, their pay already includes extra money accounting for this. This was so interesting to me. I told him all about how pay works here, and how overtime is quite a big deal in some companies. Many companies will force people to go home because they don't want to pay them overtime. I told him that overtime is a time and a half, and he found this interesting- that people WANT to work longer, and that the employers don't want them to.
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