MISAENG

Recommended drama #2: Misaeng
 

 

Misaeng is an interesting drama that focuses on everyday office life of the working class in South Korea. Some of you may be thinking that this will be a boring drama. Who wants to watch office scenes when we are back from work? Duh...

 

Before you decide to give it a miss, do consider watching the first few episodes of the drama as it will give you a nostalgic recollection of your personal experience when you start work as a rookie.

 

The drama starts with a refreshing looking Yim Si-Wan who has to abandon his dream as an accomplished professional chess player due to unforeseen changes at home to work in an office. He did a good job to portray the uneasiness and stress faced by a new office worker who is new to the corporate environment.

 

 

If you have experience working in a corporate environment before, you will be relate to many incidents presented in the drama. 

 

Here are some aspects that have been covered in the drama:

• Gender biasness
• Cliques
• Work-life balance
• Full-time working parents
• Family demands
• Expectations of your bosses
• Protecting your rice bowl
• Yearning for promotion and recognition
• Work satisfaction
• Long working hours
• Health
• Peer comparison
• Paper qualification
• Work Experience

 

Just looking at the list, you will be amazed by the depth and scope of the drama plot. Each character in the drama can be someone you can truly relate to. The plot is realistic yet interesting to watch from the different perspectives presented. Try out to see if you like it? You may be hooked like me. :)