Comments by "HKim0072" (@HKim0072) on "Why Samsung execs are asking to be called by their initials or English names" video.

Fun fact: I worked for a small US company my 2nd year out of school. My first job out of school was a large corporate 500 company. Worked there for 1 year and then was recruited by a department head that moved to this other smaller company. The new company had around 200+ corporate employees and we would have a Monday staff meeting jammed into a smallish room. Roughly a year into the job, I got into a public "argument" during the staff meeting with the CEO because I was somewhat defending our forecast / point of view (also, my direct boss was out sick). All of my co-workers were quiet and wanted me to be quiet (didn't realize this until after the meeting). Regardless, this would never happen in a Korean company. Realistically, this would never really happen in a big US company either. To a degree, this is what they are trying to encourage. Having lower level people not be fearful of open dialogue and point of view.
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Realistically, it will take several generations for this to work. Hard for older people to accept that someone younger may be smarter than them. Also, a vast majority of the people protect their own position and possible promotions.
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@wheresmyeyebrow1608 The "Korean" age thing is consolidating to international age. It applies to everyone. Really has nothing to do with honorifics. Same honorific rules will apply, but using international age.
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The "Korean" age thing is a totally separate issue. Doesn't have to do anything with bad corporate culture based solely off job title and time in the company.
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