Most Koreans forced to work on after-hours, weekends

By Ko Dong-hwan

Seven out of 10 Korean employees are being forced to work on after-hours or on weekends, according to a survey that further confirmed Koreans as overworked corporate drones.

Job information site Saramin quizzed more than 1,000 workers for the survey and 75.6 percent of the respondents said they regularly receive job-related calls and orders after work or during the weekends. About 65 percent of the respondents said they are often asked to come back to the office to do their extra tasks.

About 80 percent of the employees of big companies, referring to firms with more than 300 in staff, said they are asked to work extra hours, and 73.5 percent of employees from small-and-medium-sized firms responded the same.