A job posting seeking helpers for Tower Palace, Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, is gaining attention online. Netizens’ opinions on salary are also divided.
On the 18th, a job posting for ‘Dogok Tower Palace move-in helper’ was posted on Carrot Market, a used goods trading app. According to the notice, if you work from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, your monthly salary is 3.8 to 4 million won. If you work 6 days a week until Saturday, you can receive 4.5 million won per month.
Author A wrote, “I am looking for someone who can move into Dogok Tower Palace. I have a 3-year-old and a 40-day-old newborn. The older child is looked after by the mother, and I am looking for someone who will mainly take care of the newborn.” He added, “We give preference to those who have experience caring for newborns, and we encourage those who will be with us like family to apply.”
The article spread widely online and became a topic of debate among netizens. There were sharp differences between those who said the salary was lower than expected and those who said it was okay.
Some netizens said, “Taking care of a newborn is really hard, but it’s too much. “Money is not the issue. I think it’s right for parents to take care of their children even if it’s difficult.” “My child is going through a hard time, so it’s impossible for someone else’s child to have an easy time.” “They don’t pay that much of a salary. “It will be difficult to keep working hours,” he said, adding that the intensity of work would be higher compared to the salary.
On the contrary, “I think an annual salary of 50 million won is good, but I want to do it.” “The salary is higher than that of a manager at a small and medium-sized company.” “I think the price and conditions are good.” In general, there were positive opinions such as “The problem is that the child does not sleep at night, but as long as you feed him and change his diaper during the day, there is no problem.”
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Employment and Labor recently announced that discussions on a pilot project for domestic helpers with the Philippines have been completed and that 100 domestic helpers will be recruited in the Philippines within this month. Accordingly, 100 Filipino domestic helpers are expected to enter the country in July and be deployed to the Seoul area as early as August. The Ministry of Employment and Labor plans to further fine-tune the policy operation direction after conducting a pilot project for six months. In addition to the 100 people entering the country from the Philippines, permits for domestic care work for foreign workers residing in Korea are also being considered.
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