"Regret for Breaking Promise" Kim Tae-heum, Governor of Chungnam Province, Issues 'Apology' to All Employees

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] “I regret not being able to keep the promise of 30% promotion by selection.”

According to Chungnam Province on the 8th, recently Governor Kim Tae-heum of Chungnam Province sent an apology letter with this content to all employees via email.

On the 6th, Kim Tae-heum, Governor of Chungnam Province, held a "Team Leaders Meeting" in the large conference room of the provincial government office. Photo by Chungnam Province

Earlier, Governor Kim publicly promised employees about a selection promotion rate of around 30%. However, he delivered an apology letter to the staff for not being able to keep this promise in the recent personnel appointments.

In the apology letter, Governor Kim said, “Seniority is important, but I promised the employees that about 30% of promotions would be made by selection. I regret that I could not keep that promise in this personnel appointment.”

Regarding the reason for not keeping the promise of selection promotion, he explained, “The scope of personnel appointments was small, and there was no system to verify factors and abilities for selection, so it had to be conducted mainly based on the performance evaluation (Geunpyeong).”

He added, “Going forward, the province will accurately identify factors for selection promotion, establish a system to evaluate individual merits and abilities precisely, and improve the system so that selection promotions can be made through recommendations by department heads and bureau chiefs.”

Before sending the apology letter, Governor Kim also apologized for not keeping the 30% selection promotion promise at a team leaders’ meeting held in the provincial government’s main conference room on the 6th.

Meanwhile, on the 2nd, the province selected and announced 30 candidates for the mid-level (grade 5) promotion review for the first half of this year.

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