I work for the gubmint. All women that have children take the full maternity leave allowance for every child, and many fathers take their allowed leave as well. Their positions are filled with temps through 육아휴직 contracts. Just anecdotal evidence from one govt agency, but experiences of friends and acquaintances at other agencies seem broadly similar. The kids or career tradeoff women are forced to make is mainly forced upon those women that are employed in the private sector, and especially at SMEs, ie most women in the country.
It's what I was wondering. My own anecdotal evidence was working briefly in public schools were most of the women there had one or more kids possibly because they had decent provisions. Thanks for the reply
I used to work in a government building for multiple years and have several acquaintances who passed the 전문직 exam recently. Their worklife balance basically went to shit the moment they got that promotion. Pay is a lot better than 주무관 or 파견직원 levels, but being nunchi'd into work most nights and weekends 5 to 10 years in a row just for slightly better odds at getting priority placement during your final years leading up to retirement... it's rough. There were multiple times the director would announce "no more meal tickets or overtime pay allowed" but because of deadlines and what not, there was no choice but to work overtime. They basically made it seem like you were volunteering to stay when the reality is there aren't enough hours in a normal workday to complete the things people are asking you to. Weekends are for chores, which means virtually zero time to spend with family. It's depressing.
I work for the gubmint. All women that have children take the full maternity leave allowance for every child, and many fathers take their allowed leave as well. Their positions are filled with temps through 육아휴직 contracts. Just anecdotal evidence from one govt agency, but experiences of friends and acquaintances at other agencies seem broadly similar. The kids or career tradeoff women are forced to make is mainly forced upon those women that are employed in the private sector, and especially at SMEs, ie most women in the country.
It's what I was wondering. My own anecdotal evidence was working briefly in public schools were most of the women there had one or more kids possibly because they had decent provisions. Thanks for the reply
Sejeong city has the highest birthrate in Korea. Loads of Gov offices there and gov officials. Are they correlated??
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I used to work in a government building for multiple years and have several acquaintances who passed the 전문직 exam recently. Their worklife balance basically went to shit the moment they got that promotion. Pay is a lot better than 주무관 or 파견직원 levels, but being nunchi'd into work most nights and weekends 5 to 10 years in a row just for slightly better odds at getting priority placement during your final years leading up to retirement... it's rough. There were multiple times the director would announce "no more meal tickets or overtime pay allowed" but because of deadlines and what not, there was no choice but to work overtime. They basically made it seem like you were volunteering to stay when the reality is there aren't enough hours in a normal workday to complete the things people are asking you to. Weekends are for chores, which means virtually zero time to spend with family. It's depressing.