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Work
Titles, team dinners, unspoken office rules and how Korean work culture is changing.
칼퇴
칼퇴: leaving work on time in Korea, the 52-hour week and the MZ generation
What 칼퇴 (leaving exactly on time) means, the old rule of never leaving before the boss, how 야근 culture grew, the 52-hour cap, the 2023 '69-hour week' backlash, quiet quitting, the AirPods debate, and the 4.5-day week pilots.
비즈니스 매너
Korean business etiquette for your first meeting: cards, bows, seats and the dinner after
How to exchange business cards the Korean way, who to bow to and what to call them, where to sit (and stand in the elevator), how to read a polite Korean 'maybe', what happens at the dinner afterwards, and the anti-graft law that caps meals and gifts.
점심시간
Your first Korean office lunch: who sits where, who orders, who pays (and who sets the spoons)
The 11:58 elevator rush, the team that eats as one, '저도 같은 걸로' ('I'll have the same'), the junior who sets the spoons, who pays, the coffee after, and why almost half of Korean office workers now sometimes eat alone.