Comments on: Samsung Sets Drinking Curfew at 9 PM for Korean Workers to Battle Drinking Habits

By: Epell

Epell — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:06:00 +0000

Here’s a Korean’s point of view: This will actually give the employee more freedom.

I remember my father working at a tech company in Korea.
This Hoesik is mandatory if you want promotion and your superiors will force you to drink more than you’d want to.

Imagine your boss telling you to drink shots after shots even though you have had enough to drink. If you drink anymore, you know you are going to throw up but if you don’t drink you won’t get that promotion or even get fired (they will come up with some sort of excuse to get rid of you).

Then you come home to his family well after midnight. Drunkenness clouds your judgement, often leading to domestic violence.

The corporate culture in Asia is very different from what it is over here. It is hard to imagine or understand as an outsider.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:38:00 +0000

No wonder the SG3 was water inspired, they come in every morning dehydrated from drinking all night and are constantly re hydrating through the work day!!

By: mbaldwin85

mbaldwin85 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:24:00 +0000

like the military. Only you can’t get fired. You get NJP (Non-Judicial Punishment)

By: DAVID HORVATH

DAVID HORVATH — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:22:00 +0000

I think this means do such drinks on their dime after 9. From then on you pay cash and you’re off to the races.

By: DAVID HORVATH

DAVID HORVATH — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:21:00 +0000

no weed in Seoul

By: DAVID HORVATH

DAVID HORVATH — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:20:00 +0000

Going out with co-workers is a HUGE part of getting things done here. I’m not stopping at 9pm, I’m just going to pay cash after 8:59.

By: DAVID HORVATH

DAVID HORVATH — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:20:00 +0000

not in Seoul

By: kretz7

kretz7 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:56:00 +0000

You could always choose not to work there if alcohol is so important in your life.

By: Lactose_the_Intolerant

Lactose_the_Intolerant — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:46:00 +0000

So we’re moving dinner to 4pm? Sweet!

By: Shoredid

Shoredid — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:46:00 +0000

Nothing like a little corporate intrusion in their employees’ lives… it’s soooo sweet of Samsung to think so much about their staff’s well being!

By: ChrisI

ChrisI — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:12:00 +0000

If my employer here in the United States EVER tried to implement any sort of a curfew for ANYTHING in my personal life, I’d burn the place down. Since when did corporations own human property and legislate what you can do outside your place of employ? Outrageous. Shocking that any self-respecting human being would put up with such a restriction.

By: Andrew Bayley

Andrew Bayley — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:29:00 +0000

Also, there is the practice of “handing” your soju (shot) glass to guests. It’s custom to accept the glass, at which point the passer will fill the shot glass (often considered rude to fill your own glass in Korean culture), take the shot, pass the glass back to the original passer and then pour a drink for them. This practice has also technically been outlawed, but still practiced regularly.

By: Yep

Yep — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:27:00 +0000

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By: bigrob60

bigrob60 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:23:00 +0000

That’s a hell of a lot of head there.

By: duke69111

duke69111 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:22:00 +0000

I think that was less of the drinking and more of the reefer!