Comments on: Foreign Owned Firms Twice as Productive as Korean Firms http://rokdrop.com/2009/04/19/foreign-owned-firms-twice-as-productive-as-korean-firms/ Korea From North to South Sat, 26 May 2012 12:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: roboseyo http://rokdrop.com/2009/04/19/foreign-owned-firms-twice-as-productive-as-korean-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-310060 roboseyo Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:56:01 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=12569#comment-310060 I'm also constantly annoyed by the appearance of statistics like this, completely out of context: I'm a humanities major, but even I know enough about numbers to tell when statistics are being pulled out of context in order to sound more dire/fantastic. The most annoying one to me is when Koreans pull their hair out over Korea's low TOEFL and TOEIC average scores, when everybody and their dog takes the test here, as opposed to most countries, where most of the test takers are probably applicants for study abroad programs and masters' programs and multinational companies, etc.. I'm also constantly annoyed by the appearance of statistics like this, completely out of context: I'm a humanities major, but even I know enough about numbers to tell when statistics are being pulled out of context in order to sound more dire/fantastic. The most annoying one to me is when Koreans pull their hair out over Korea's low TOEFL and TOEIC average scores, when everybody and their dog takes the test here, as opposed to most countries, where most of the test takers are probably applicants for study abroad programs and masters' programs and multinational companies, etc..

]]> By: ChickenHead http://rokdrop.com/2009/04/19/foreign-owned-firms-twice-as-productive-as-korean-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-309858 ChickenHead Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:48:05 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=12569#comment-309858 I don't believe it! Those are the keywords from the top spam topics and they WENT THROUGH WITHOUT ANY MODIFICATION! I only submitted it just to see if, by some off chance, it would work. Un-fückin-believable. Yet cocckroach is flagged. I'm sooooooo irritated. I don't believe it!

Those are the keywords from the top spam topics and they WENT THROUGH WITHOUT ANY MODIFICATION! I only submitted it just to see if, by some off chance, it would work.

Un-fückin-believable.

Yet cocckroach is flagged.

I'm sooooooo irritated.

]]> By: ChickenHead http://rokdrop.com/2009/04/19/foreign-owned-firms-twice-as-productive-as-korean-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-309855 ChickenHead Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:44:47 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=12569#comment-309855 Did I mention that I watch all this hot XXX action while popping penis enhancing pills from an on-line pharmacy to get a free credit check? Which is O.K... as long as I don't type cocckroach. Did I mention that I watch all this hot XXX action while popping penis enhancing pills from an on-line pharmacy to get a free credit check?

Which is O.K… as long as I don't type cocckroach.

]]> By: ChickenHead http://rokdrop.com/2009/04/19/foreign-owned-firms-twice-as-productive-as-korean-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-309852 ChickenHead Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:40:21 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=12569#comment-309852 Cocckroach. The fücking word the spam filter blocks is Cocckroach. I jërk off to ünderage dykë strippërs fücking handicapped babies in the äss with black sträp-ons... ...yet cocckroach is flagged? What the hell! Cocckroach.

The fücking word the spam filter blocks is Cocckroach.

I jërk off to ünderage dykë strippërs fücking handicapped babies in the äss with black sträp-ons…

…yet cocckroach is flagged?

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]]> By: ChickenHead http://rokdrop.com/2009/04/19/foreign-owned-firms-twice-as-productive-as-korean-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-309844 ChickenHead Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:28:53 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=12569#comment-309844 Now who in Korea were they compared to? Grandma Kim's Jerkoff Kimbab and Cocckroach Stand? Soju-Sloshed Ajashi's Countryside Ingot Recycling and Toxic Smoke-Belching Foundry? Hyundai and Samsung? Who knows? Another thing I noticed is that Koreans will get the job (or study) done in the time given. If they are expected to be at work for 12 hours by Boss Park, that is how long it will take to complete the job. If the foreign company has an 8 hour work rule, that is how long it will take. Come to think of it, almost everybody works like this. So, with this in mind, I'm not entirely sure this study means much... except quality of living might go way up, without productivity going down, if Koreans are home with their families instead of napping on their desks or pretending to look busy. Now who in Korea were they compared to? Grandma Kim's Jerkoff Kimbab and Cocckroach Stand? Soju-Sloshed Ajashi's Countryside Ingot Recycling and Toxic Smoke-Belching Foundry? Hyundai and Samsung? Who knows?

Another thing I noticed is that Koreans will get the job (or study) done in the time given. If they are expected to be at work for 12 hours by Boss Park, that is how long it will take to complete the job. If the foreign company has an 8 hour work rule, that is how long it will take.

Come to think of it, almost everybody works like this.

So, with this in mind, I'm not entirely sure this study means much… except quality of living might go way up, without productivity going down, if Koreans are home with their families instead of napping on their desks or pretending to look busy.

]]> By: ChickenHead http://rokdrop.com/2009/04/19/foreign-owned-firms-twice-as-productive-as-korean-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-309840 ChickenHead Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:27:34 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=12569#comment-309840 Arbitrary Spam Filter Avoidance: Post #1 ----- This bugged me. Once I realized what kinds of apples and oranges they were comparing, I got it figured out. Foreign companies in Korea are generally well-developed multinationals with finely-tuned productivity programs spawned by a host of bean counters. They are not "average" foreign companies. Arbitrary Spam Filter Avoidance: Post #1

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This bugged me.

Once I realized what kinds of apples and oranges they were comparing, I got it figured out.

Foreign companies in Korea are generally well-developed multinationals with finely-tuned productivity programs spawned by a host of bean counters. They are not "average" foreign companies.

]]> By: gerry http://rokdrop.com/2009/04/19/foreign-owned-firms-twice-as-productive-as-korean-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-309429 gerry Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:40:30 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=12569#comment-309429 Was any reason given? Workers usually are hard at work, while management pats themselves on the back and have soju drinking contests. This is normal in many parts of the world. I would like to hear the reasons why the difference tho. Was any reason given? Workers usually are hard at work, while management pats themselves on the back and have soju drinking contests. This is normal in many parts of the world. I would like to hear the reasons why the difference tho.

]]> By: You think your office life sucks? Try a Korean’s « We’ve Got Seoul http://rokdrop.com/2009/04/19/foreign-owned-firms-twice-as-productive-as-korean-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-309123 You think your office life sucks? Try a Korean’s « We’ve Got Seoul Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:52:53 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=12569#comment-309123 [...] Well, this is timely, isn’t it? [...] [...] Well, this is timely, isn’t it? [...]

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