Magical Realm Shopkeeper - Ch. 1
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20,000 SK Won = 14.33 USD (as of today)
14.33x12x365 = 62,765.40
THAT'S what 10-year veterans at major corporations make over there?? The cost of living has to be super low for that to make sense.
14.33x12x365 = 62,765.40
THAT'S what 10-year veterans at major corporations make over there?? The cost of living has to be super low for that to make sense.
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Average monthly net salary is $2,134.16, and he's clearing $1145.27 per week.
A 1-bedroom in city centre is $539.52, utilities add another ~$200 to that, and add $1,011.50 for monthly expenses; Roughly $1751.02 per month, all expenses. Versus $4581.08 income per month.
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Am I the only one that finds an 84 hour work week a little crazy?
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yeah, in what world is that considered part time? korea is cray cray.
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"No one would hire a 29 year old because they're... so old...."
I have to wonder whether the author is really realllly young, whether the narrative pressure to make the protagonist younger won out over the story the author was trying to tell making any sense, or whether there's any truth to this and Korea is fucking insane.
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And then immediately I find myself wondering the same sort of thing again with the job hours...
Okay, this one I can actually look up—if I'm not reading this wrong, 84-hour work weeks might be flat-out illegal in Korea?? (I'm sure they do them anyway in practice some places because those workplaces always exist, but, like.) I think either the translation is wrong or his acceptance of this is as weird as it seems to all of us.
(And then his reaction to the wage... Like $20 is nice for 'unskilled' labour but... I mean, for the graveyard shift, too? It's doesn't seem like the sort of wage where you'd say "yeah, don't even show me the contract or tell me my duties, I'll sign", does it?)
Honestly. This feels weirdly like it was written by a high-schooler? >_>;; (Not in that the writing is bad, it just feels like all the numbers are so warped...)
I have to wonder whether the author is really realllly young, whether the narrative pressure to make the protagonist younger won out over the story the author was trying to tell making any sense, or whether there's any truth to this and Korea is fucking insane.
...
And then immediately I find myself wondering the same sort of thing again with the job hours...
Okay, this one I can actually look up—if I'm not reading this wrong, 84-hour work weeks might be flat-out illegal in Korea?? (I'm sure they do them anyway in practice some places because those workplaces always exist, but, like.) I think either the translation is wrong or his acceptance of this is as weird as it seems to all of us.
(And then his reaction to the wage... Like $20 is nice for 'unskilled' labour but... I mean, for the graveyard shift, too? It's doesn't seem like the sort of wage where you'd say "yeah, don't even show me the contract or tell me my duties, I'll sign", does it?)
Honestly. This feels weirdly like it was written by a high-schooler? >_>;; (Not in that the writing is bad, it just feels like all the numbers are so warped...)
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