Enabling Behavior

This drama is almost painful to watch, not because it's terrible; on the contrary, as an HR professional, it gets my blood boiling, which I guess means it's working. To see such blatant workplace harassment and misconduct and by HR, the supposed protector of a company's culture and provider of its corporate consciousness. The minute Ja Yeong first overlooked her ex-husbands' shenanigans with Ban Seok, she jeopardized the safety of the employees and the health and safety of the company as a whole. So, her attitude towards the sexual harassment case didn't surprise me since I know she isn't motivated by what is right.I genuinely hope there is a development arc for Ja Yeong in this drama because, as she is, she miserably fails at being a good employee, let alone an HR professional. I am sure she didn't start this way but to compromise her integrity for the sake of becoming the first female executive at the expense of the employees she is supposed to protect is quite disheartening. That a non-HR professional like Ban Seok understands that any company's future is growing and nurturing its young talent, and she doesn't or could careless, is troubling indeed.

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