Jeju Tourism Organization Ranks 'Lowest' in Management Evaluation... Employees' Salaries Are 'Second Highest'

CEO and Executive Salaries High While Employee Salaries Are Lowest
Continuous Decline in Employee Satisfaction Also a Concern

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Chang-won] Despite Jeju Tourism Organization receiving the lowest rating in management evaluation, the average salary of its executives was found to be the second highest among seven tourism organizations nationwide.

On the 15th, during the 2020 Tourism Organization Administrative Audit at the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Council, Oh Young-hee, a member of the Culture, Tourism and Sports Committee (People Power Party, proportional representation), stated, “According to data disclosed on the Clean Eye Local Public Institution Integrated Disclosure website, although Jeju Tourism Organization received the lowest management evaluation grade, the average salary of the head of the institution and executives was the second highest following Gyeonggi Tourism Organization, whereas the average salary of employees and new hires ranked 5th and lowest respectively.”

Oh further asserted, “Jeju Tourism Organization received the lowest ‘D’ grade in the 2020 management evaluation nationwide, damaging its image,” and criticized, “When the tourism organization was launched, 3.4 billion KRW was invested from the tourism promotion budget, but now it has increased 6 to 7 times to 20.4 billion KRW. Although financial input has significantly increased, management performance remains very poor, failing to fulfill its role as a local public enterprise that should be loved by residents, thus disappointing the local community.”

Regarding the organization’s staffing status, Oh expressed concern, “Out of the authorized 176 positions, only 146 are filled, resulting in a vacancy rate of 17%. Among the 27 employees who resigned in the past three years, 21 were experienced employees with more than two years of service, indicating that the organization has become a stepping stone for career building.”

She also pointed out, “Looking at the annual employee satisfaction survey results, the scores have continuously declined from 66.9 in 2016 to 58.6 in 2017, 52.4 in 2018, and 50.9 in 2019. Despite the absolute necessity of organizational stabilization to overcome the management crisis, employees’ pride and morale toward the organization are declining, making management crisis improvement appear even more distant.”

Oh demanded, “Since business losses caused by wrong decisions of the organization’s management affect the decline in management evaluation, employee salaries, and employee satisfaction, it is necessary to review the appropriateness of employee salaries, prepare measures to secure financial resources, and implement strategies to enhance employee satisfaction.”

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