The Queen of Office (God of the Workplace / Jikjangui Shin / 직장의 신)

Juri.

What's this?

Come on. Get a room.

PDA should be fined like smoking in public areas.

It has been 16 years since the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Korea's economic growth was once touted as "the miracle on the Han River."

In 1997, however, the economic bubble burst,

and Korea was faced with the greatest crisis since the Korean War.

Lifetime employment and job security became obsolete

due to corporate restructuring and outsourcing,

giving rise to a new class of workers called "contract workers."

Paid half the salary of regular workers for the same amount of work,

they live in constant fear of being fired during their two year contract term.

But there is someone who has willingly and consciously chosen this precarious existence.

Ssun! Ssun!

My friends.

Ssun, you got a message. What does it say?

[Contract for first half of year concluded. Return to Korea immediately]

Fernando, you said you wanted this hat, right?

Are you giving it to me?

But don't you need it for your next corrida?

I have to head back.

Where to?

To a real bullfight.

Don't mess with us.

Why always blame Marketing & Sales when a product doesn't sell?

We need more time. If we wait...

Sit around and wait?

So that Chaseong can get the better of us again?

Can't you see that?

But we put a whole year into this soy sauce.

We can't give up yet.

It's just that consumers are still unfamiliar with low sodium soy sauce.

If you just stay patient and wait...

Unfamiliar?

Mr. Mu, with that mindset, how are you the head of the Marketing & Sales team?

Shouldn't a salesman be able to sell air conditioners in Alaska,

or go to a Swiss cheese village and sell this fast fermented bean paste?

What if we make the sales?

If we hit the sales targets in three months, will you let us be?

If you make the sales, of course.

But I don't know if this team really has what it takes.

I know just the man for the job.

He can sell fast fermented bean paste in a Swiss cheese village.

You don't mean...

The wacko?

It's nice.

2006 Chateau Boutisse.

How did you know? This isn't on the wine list.

The steak is Korean beef that has been aged for three weeks.

And the soy sauce in the dressing is three month fermented...

Sir, is...

Is there a problem with the soy sauce?

There's a huge problem.

I can't believe people still use this stuff.

Are you a chef?

I'd say I come close to being a chef if a discerning palate is a criterion.

[Marketing & Sales Department Team Head Mu Jeonghan]

Poor Mr. Mu.

He worked his butt off for two years,

but in the blink of an eye...

Just how great is this new team head coming in from the States?

Did he go to Harvard or something?

Yup.

What?

Jang Gyujik.

Joined Y.Jang Group as the top pick of applicants in the first have of 2008.

Since joining Y.Jang, He's always had the highest sales record.

He's the Steve Jobs of the Korean condiment industry.

Y.Jang employee of the year two years running.

Youngest ever to be promoted to assistant manager.

He even went to Harvard through Y.Jang's MBA assistance program.

He is what they call the chosen one.

Wowee.

I had no idea there was such a great catch at our company.

But why is a man like him still single?

Hi.

Sir, you can't go up there.

It's the first class cabin.

I was looking for the restroom.

It's right here, sir.

Oh, okay.

Wow.

Nice to meet you.

One meeting with the owner of this seat,

and I'll make our company's annual sales target in one fell swoop.

I wonder who the owner of this seat is.

Real wood.

1999.

Very nice. Very nice.

Who are you?

This is a rice cake.

Is this...

Is this your seat?

Are you going to keep sitting here?

Get out now.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

What's up with her?

Ladies and gentlemen,

We are experiencing turbulence.

For your safety, we ask that you return to your seats and keep your seatbelts fastened.

Can't breathe.

Get up.

Wait. Wait.

Thank you.

I don't know how I can repay you.

Don't repay me.

Just throw these out.

Sir, you shouldn't be here. Please return to your seat.

Oh, um, sure.

She's not to be disturbed.

Please return to your seat.

Ma'am, if you could just tell me your name...

Kim.

Ms. Kim.

Kim.

Ms. Kim.

Hello?

Ms. Jeong Juri?

Yes?

It's been two months and yet nothing.

When are you going to repay your student loan?

Please give me a little bit more time.

I have an interview today. I'll pay as soon as I get a job.

Thats what you always say, but we're not getting any payments from you.

I'll pass the interview this time.

If you keep this up, you won't be able to work even if you pass the interview.

No one hires people with bad credit.

Hurry up and get in.

[Jeong Jun (26), Job Seeker Annual salary: -$17,000 (student loan)]

You said this is your first time working with us, right?

Yes.

So could you please tell me what exactly a temp agency is?

Simply put, it's a revolution in the job market.

We're overthrowing the bygone paradigm of lifetime employment and job security

to place the right job seekers in the right positions at the right time

for a more streamlined labor paradigm.

[An Jongcheol Sixth year job manager, Respect Temp Agency Annual salary: $32,000]

So you find jobs for people like me who keep getting rejections and make money off us.

That's what people call a service charge.

So that makes you my broker, right?

I'm what people call a job manager.

Since you have no job experience,

consider this interview a learning experience and...

No!

No, what?

I have to get this job.

Why did you do it? Why?

It's not like our company is swimming in money.

For a business class seat, we must sell hundreds of bottles of soy sauce.

Harvard MBA and a business class seat. We must be well off.

They weren't giveaways.

I'll work you like a slave and get my money's worth.

Of course.

Why are your hands so cold?

You need to take better care of yourself.

What a load of crap.

You all know how difficult reorganization is for the company, don't you?

You all will bear the consequence if the Product Development Team rejects even a single product.

[Hwang Gapdeuk (54) General manager Marketing & Sales of Y.Jang Foods Annual Salary: $82,000]

Would the support people be set up upstairs?

I did see an empty office up there.

[Ko Jeongdo (57) Manager Marketing & Sales Support Annual salary: $62,000]

No. It'll be set up here.

Pardon?

But why here?

Welcome back, Mr. Jang.

Let's get to work.

Thanks, Mr. Mu.

Another load of crap.

[(left)Jang Gyujik (32) Fifth year at Y.Jang Team Head Marketing and Sales Annual Salary: $57,000] [(right)Mu Jeonghan (32) Fifth year at Y.Jang Team Head Marketing and Sales Support Annual Salary: $39,000]

Okay, thank you for coming.

No, right?

The real deal breaker was that she hates soybean paste stew.

That's not the important thing.

What was it for you?

She should be pretty.

Don't laugh, dude.

Why are you always grinning and laughing like a moron?

You always seem to be sorry toward me.

What are you talking about?

Whether it's in terms of performance or track record,

you deserve to be head of Marketing & Sales.

I only had the position because you were away,

but it wasn't the right fit for me.

I feel much more comfortable now.

Gyujik, I prefer being able to clock out with you every day than having a title I don't deserve.

This is why I don't have time to find myself a woman.

Come in.

Ms. Jeong Juri?

Yes. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

Please sit down.

First, we'd like to know why...

Do you have a boyfriend?

Pardon?

No.

Why not? You're quite pretty.

I broke up recently.

Why?