Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Labor conditions in South Korea are not good. In the midst of the high number of unemployed young people, many civil servants are now busy resign from his job.
In the last two years, the number of civil servants (PNS) in South Korea who have resigned from their positions has doubled. Generally, those who resign had only been on the job less than a year, according to reports Korea Herald.
According to data released by Member of Parliament Lim Ho-seon from the Democratic Party of Korea, there were 3,064 civil servants who resigned voluntarily after serving for less than a year in 2022. This number is double compared to the 1,583 employees who resigned voluntarily in 2020.
The reason behind this phenomenon is classic, they are not satisfied with the salary they receive after working very hard as the lowest class of civil servants.
Report The Korea Herald said, this year, grade 9 civil servants in their first year of work only received a salary of 1.78 million won (or around Rp. 20 million) per month. This amount is lower than the minimum monthly wage of 2.05 million won based on the hourly minimum wage.
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Although grade 9 civil servants receive up to 18 different types of additional salaries, such as work subsidies and food costs, 20%-30% percent of their total salary is deducted as public duties and taxes, so that ultimately their salaries are below the minimum wage.
A 32 year old woman surnamed Jo also recently resign for the same reason.
“I really wanted this job when I was studying for the civil service exam,” Jo told The Korea Herald.
“My duties are many, but I’m not paid enough to do them. So I am resignand I want to look for another job in a different field,” he added.
Unemployment figures in South Korea
Nearly 4 out of 10 young South Koreans have been unemployed over the past three years. This data increasingly highlights the issue that more and more young people have given up looking for work.
According to Statistics Korea data released on Sunday (22/10/2023), around 218,000 Korean citizens aged 15 to 29 years had not worked for more than three years in May 2023. Among this group, 80,000 are those who spend most of their time at home without looking for work, training or undergoing education. The Korea Statistics Agency includes them in the category not in education, employment or training (NEET).
The agency also found that the number of economically active young people continues to decline, despite an increase in the number of workers across the age range.
Kim Sung-hee, a professor at the School of Labor Studies at Korea University, said that the main problem behind this issue is the lack of stable and well-paid jobs.
“Jobs with good prospects and decent wages such as permanent employees in large companies with more than 300 employees – they only account for about 10 percent of all jobs in the country,” Kim said.
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