Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Layoffs “I’m sorry, Eunho.” Team Leader Lee scratched the few strands of hair left on his head. “The HR team says there won’t be any Regular Worker conversions this year. The economy’s just that bad…” “So, I guess no conversion for me.” My two-year contract ends next month. In other w...
Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Layoffs “I’m sorry, Eunho.” Team Leader Lee scratched the few strands of hair left on his head. “The HR team says there won’t be any Regular Worker conversions this year. The economy’s just that bad…” “So, I guess no conversion for me.” My two-year contract ends next month. In other words, I’m getting cut. Even here. “It’s definitely not because you’re incompetent, Eunho. It’s just… restructuring. You know what restructuring means, right?” “Mass layoffs… you mean that?” Can cutting contract workers really be called restructuring? “Well, sort of. The company’s in bad shape financially and needs to cut labor costs. But it’s actually tough to lay off existing Regular Workers. So instead, they just don’t hire new ones.” “...So that’s why they only hire contract
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