Eight ordinary civil servants killed themselves this

Eight ordinary civil servants killed themselves this year, reportedly through media reports. They died due to various reasons such as excessive workload, bullying at work, and malicious complaints. Notably, many died shortly after their appointment. How did the civil service community, which was called "iron rice bowl," become a grave for young civil servants.

Choi passed the civil service examination when he just started working for a small company. He was accepted into the civil service examination only a few months after joining the company. His colleagues or acquaintances said, "It is not easy to become a civil servant these days," and encouraged him to continue working. He chose to become a civil servant, which was his long-cherished dream.

His friends remembered that Choi was a man of conviction, uprightness, and incapable of knowing how to do things, and that he "really suited to a civil servant." His friend Jeong said, "Choi's dream was to become a civil servant. When I was in high school, I dreamed of becoming an architect, but after I graduated from the civil engineering department, I wanted to become a civil servant and wanted to save my major."

He had to look into tens of thousands of pages of statute books and work-related documents every day because it required legal review. It was a quantity that could not be learned in a short period of time. Expertise was also needed.

Choi, a late civil servant, seems to have been under pressure from his boss. In a phone call with his friend on the first Saturday after Choi came to work, the boss said, "What have you been up to?" He had no desk or computer on his first day of work. He had no education on what to do. He was unfamiliar with both writing official documents and document handling. Choi had to find and copy official documents written by his predecessor.

He had to read various laws and guidelines to keep up with his work. There were so many guidelines that he had to go to the reading room on weekends. Nevertheless, Choi complained to his friend that he still hated "Why haven't you seen it yet?"

"I don't care if I get scolded, but shouldn't I teach him and scold him?" Choi said to his friend.

In the recording of the phone call he left, there were frequent complaints that he was scolded for more than 30 minutes to an hour every day, even if there were people around him. In fact, the recording of the meeting also contained a voice in which the boss rebuked him.

Choi's note said, "I will think about it by tomorrow." Choi told his friend, "Should I quit? I told you to organize your thoughts and tell me by tomorrow." Choi's bereaved family believes that the team urged him to quit.

"He said I was personally ashamed. It's only been two months, but how good can I do it?" said my friend, Kim. "After about a month of appointment, my eyes completely changed. Once, a group of friends gathered, and he looked blank and talked to himself about his difficulties. I thought, 'A person can collapse so fast.' I should have stopped him then….”

A similar situation was repeated in Choi's last month. Overtime continued. I had to study without a break on weekends. There was never a day when I didn't get in trouble. When I went to work, I was told to "stop."

"I would have done a good job if my seniors had taught me hard under a good boss and a good working environment," said another friend, Jeong, who is also a government employee. Another friend, Kim, also expressed regret.

"You should've quit, I'm mean to make that choice. If I had been accepted as a public servant a little early, I think I could have quit. It's been 10 years, but I can't quit…. I don't think I've been able to get out of the pressure."

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