From left, Park Myung-soo, Park Na-rae, and Heebab / Xportsnews
As allegations surrounding comic Park Na-rae’s remedy of her managers proceed to dominate headlines, a contrasting narrative is gaining renewed consideration on-line: celebrities identified for generosity and humane remedy towards their workers.
With former managers of Park stepping ahead to boost claims of mistreatment, public debate has expanded past the person case to a broader dialogue about working situations for managers within the leisure trade. Towards this backdrop, previous tales highlighting stars who went out of their technique to care for his or her managers are resurfacing on on-line communities and social media.
Park Myung-soo / Xportsnews
One broadly shared instance entails veteran entertainer Park Myung-soo. In 2023, his supervisor, recognized as A, shared a private anecdote on social media recalling a long-distance work journey to Yeosu. In keeping with the publish, Park provided to take the wheel himself so the supervisor might relaxation within the again seat. A wrote that Park personally drove greater than 300 kilometers of a spherical journey exceeding 730 kilometers, including jokingly, “We’re heading to Jangheung, South Jeolla Province, once more this Saturday — you’ll assist me drive, proper?” The story was broadly praised for exhibiting respect and consideration hardly ever related to celebrity-manager hierarchies.
Broadcaster Jang Younger-ran’s method to administration has additionally been revisited. She beforehand revealed on MBC’s actuality present “The Supervisor” that she selected to cut back her personal contract price as a way to elevate her managers’ salaries. This system additionally confirmed her sustaining shut, nearly familial relationships even with managers who had already left her group, underscoring long-term belief constructed over years of working collectively.
Heebab, proper, and her supervisor / Captured from KBS2TV
Meals-focused YouTuber and TV persona Heebab is one other title incessantly talked about within the renewed dialogue. Throughout an look on KBS2’s selection present “Boss within the Mirror,” she disclosed particulars about her managers’ pay. In keeping with the published, long-serving workers members earned as much as 12 million gained ($9,000) monthly earlier than tax, whereas entry-level workers reportedly obtained greater than 5 million gained month-to-month — figures that stunned many viewers.
On-line reactions to those tales have been overwhelmingly optimistic. Netizens left feedback similar to “That reveals actual character,” “Please rent me,” “That’s somebody I’d need to work for,” and “Monetary respect actually is the perfect type of care.”
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