“Nekarakubae? Knekaraku!”
The’sweet word’ that is commonly used as one of the top 5 companies in the annual salary among information technology (IT) developers is about to change. The competition for raising the salary that has hit the industry since the beginning of the year is getting hotter. In the Pangyo Valley of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, where IT companies are crowded shortly after the announcement of the increase in Krafton’s salary, they should already call it “Nekaraku, not Naver, Kakao, Rhine, Coupang, and the People of Delivery”, but as K (Crafton) Nekaraku. There is a story saying “I do”.
With an annual salary increase of 20 million won, Krafton has become the best company in the IT industry based on its initial salary. The initial salary for the development group reaches 60 million won. Considering that just before the hike was 40 million won, it means that it jumped 50% at once. According to the industry, Naver Kakao has a starting salary of about 50 million won in the development profession. It is known that other companies such as Line and Graceful Brothers (Baedal Ethnic Operator) are a little less than this.
As the IT industry has frequent turnovers, the salary level of other companies becomes important information, and many people are interested in ranking the salary. This is the background of new words such as’knekaraku’ by ranking companies famous for their high salaries. Previously, the word’nekarakubae’ was used. An IT industry official said, “It is the IT industry that has a lot of bonuses according to performance, but a stable annual salary is the most important.”
The new word changes its face little by little whenever IT companies recently announce the news of an increase in salary. On the 1st, after Nexon announced an annual salary increase of 8 million won to all employees, the new word’Nekkarakubae’ circulated. Last year, when Coupang hired a career worker and paid 50 million won as a bonus for joining, the’Kunekara Boat’ went up and down immediately.
Existing companies are also in a hurry. NCsoft, which is known to be the best treatment among game companies, is also struggling to raise its salary. In the industry, other game companies such as NHN, Smilegate, and Pearl Abyss are also expected to join the ranks of salary increases.
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