When a New Hire Bunches His Hours, It’s ‘Absurd.’ When the State Does It, It’s ‘Flexibility’
A new employee in Korea offered to work 10-hour days to take Fridays off and got “fire him.” The same week, 69.4% of Koreans backed a 4.5-day week and lawmakers debated 69-hour weeks under “flexibility.” The math was right; the signature was missing.