After becoming the son of the boss [entertainment circle]

In September, the weather is still very hot, and the sub-credit crisis in the United States is intensifying, and it has swept the world with an unstoppable attitude. Even ordinary office workers can occasionally detect the impact of this crisis from changes in the external environment. Variety.

The first thing to bear the brunt is rising prices. As a peninsular country with a small area, South Korea relies heavily on imports for many daily necessities, especially many categories of food. This makes South Korea vulnerable to global competition, especially the United States. The impact of economic changes, once the financial crisis begins to prevail, they are the ones who will never escape the impact.

This effect is not only reflected in prices, but also in the problems of many people's jobs.

Among the top eight chaebols in South Korea, less than half are down-to-earth businesses. Companies like Samsung, SK, and LG are tinkering with semiconductors and high-tech, hoping to be the first to develop high-tech products that meet future development needs. to get support from the government.

To be honest, there is nothing wrong with this. The future belongs to high technology. This is the consensus of many countries and enterprises. However, in the face of huge economic bubbles and economic crises, it is difficult for these companies that focus on high-tech industries to turn the tide. They It will only face the crisis head-on because of the gradually worsening economic environment.

The economic benefits are not good, and high-tech products need to invest a lot of research and development funds, which makes the large chaebols feel nervous, especially the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, which makes everyone clearly realize how powerful this crisis is. destructive power.

Because of this, many companies, including Samsung, followed the example of the American business community and adopted the method of layoffs. Throughout September, more than 5.00% of the employees in Seoul were dismissed, which caused a certain degree of social panic.

5.00% doesn't seem like a very large ratio, but things like ratios have always been seen in combination with the base number, and it's a hooligan to talk about ratios without the base number.

As the capital of South Korea, Seoul's population density ranks first in the country all year round. At its peak, it was even three or four times that of No.2. Countless young people from other places are eager to come to Seoul to work hard, even if they are in There is no money to rent a big house in Seoul, so they have to live in an examination house with only six or seven square meters, which can't stop them yearning for the metropolis.

Because of its role as an economic center, Seoul can indeed provide more job opportunities. No matter whether the job is satisfactory or not, it is still a job. If there is a job, there will be income, and if there is income, there will be consumption. Countless people Being able to support oneself in this big city, the total flow rate of funds in the entire city can always be maintained in a healthy state.

But now, part of this funding cycle has been destroyed, 5.00% of the employees have lost their jobs, they can only get a severance pay that is not very generous, and then they are completely cut off from the source of income they depend on to survive, some The lower-end jobs don't even have severance pay.

5.00% of the jobs in Seoul, this is a very, very huge number, so huge that in the past month, all the popular posts in various forums are all complaints after being fired, which even Lee Hyun-yin’s own fan club can’t avoid After all, most of his fans are office workers, which can be said to be the most affected group.

In this wave of layoffs, SM has not suffered much under the management of Lee Hyun Yin. They have no plans to lay off employees, and indeed there is no need to lay off employees, even though the revenue of the headquarters has dropped a lot recently.

Li Xianyin has been staring at SK, paying close attention to every move made by Cui Taiyuan, but compared to other chaebols, SK's actions are very small.

It’s not that they don’t want to use layoffs to reduce their burden, it’s just that SK’s oil business determines that they have a lot of low-level employees, and these low-level employees have their own irreplaceable responsibilities. Once large-scale layoffs start, many of SK’s direct sales If the station is likely to shut down due to lack of personnel, this will greatly affect their future layout.

Lee Hyun-yin laughed when he saw what Choi Tae-won did. SK already had a lot of employees, and they didn’t plan to lighten their burden when the disaster was imminent.

However, South Korean officials have pulled out SK and praised them severely, claiming that they are a dignified, conscientious, and socially responsible company, as if other companies should not lay off employees.