'Is This a New Type of Forced Resignation?'... A 40s Team Leader Confesses to a 20s New Employee

Netizens Outraged Over Online Story
"Mental Shock Will Be Severe... Should Apply for Industrial Accident Compensation"
"Unwanted Courtship Is 'Courtship Power Harassment'"

A story about a 20-something rookie employee who felt burdened by a confession from her male boss in his 40s and eventually quit her job is gaining attention.

On the 4th, a post titled "The reason a first-year 20-something female employee quit" quickly spread on online communities. According to the post, Mr. A, a 41-year-old manager at a certain company, fell in love at first sight with a 20-something rookie female employee, Ms. B, who worked with him, and confessed his feelings. Ms. B's response was to resign.

The author interpreted from Ms. B's perspective, who rejected the confession, that "since they had to work together, receiving a confession from a company superior seemed to be a burden."

Netizens generally reacted negatively to the post. One user commented, "He attacks with a confession," while others wrote, "Shouldn't this be treated as an industrial accident? The mental shock must be huge," and "He has romantic feelings for an employee who is like his child?"

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Meanwhile, similar stories have also surfaced, causing shock. They shared experiences such as, "When I was in my 20s, a partner company employee over 40 confessed to me and I really hated it," and "When I was an intern, I was shocked to see a married man in his 50s hitting on a 20-something."

A survey conducted by Workplace Gapjil 119 from October 14 to 21 last year targeting 1,000 workers found that 11.0% of respondents had experienced persistent unwanted courtship from someone.

In particular, 16% of female non-regular workers, who are relatively vulnerable in the workplace, reported experiencing unwanted courtship.

Accordingly, the organization named the victimization cases that proceed as 'courtship → rejection → harassment → personnel disadvantages' as 'courtship gapjil,' explaining that "the perpetrator uses their position to carry out workplace harassment, including work-related harassment."

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