[WHY] What's with all these booze-fueled after-work dinners?

[By Lee Soo-Jung] (전략) In a 2022 public opinion poll by Hankook Research, only 39 percent of participants in their 30s and 40 percent of respondents between 18 and 29 said hoesik were necessary. This means that most people under 40 considered hoesik "unnecessary." 

In the same survey, 63 percent of respondents over 60 said that hoesik are "necessary for boosting team spirit and kinship.” Additionally, 58 percent of respondents in their 50s agreed that hoesik play a vital role in building team spirit. 

One junior employee who participated in the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s focus group interview in 2019 doubted the effectiveness of hoesik, saying that "juniors have to keep taking care of their seniors throughout the gathering.”  (후략)

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