“Women don’t go to the army…”

Choi Ho-jin, CEO of Dong-A Pharmaceutical, announced that he will appear on a YouTube program and hold an event to sell its products at a discount. [유튜브 캡처]

Dong-A Pharm apologized for the gender-discriminatory remarks made in the recruitment process last year and announced that it will “discipline the executive.” However, as the number of cases claiming damage is increasing, public opinion is worsening.

According to Dong-A Pharmaceutical on the 7th, the company posted an apology in the name of CEO Ho-jin Choi in the comment of the YouTube program “Nego King 2” for the criticism that there was gender discrimination during the interview last year, and delivered an apology to the parties.

The controversy arose as a comment to the effect of “experienced sex discrimination during an interview with Dong-A Pharmaceutical” on the YouTube program “Nego King 2” aired on the 5th. The video became a hot topic with about 1.5 million viewers watching over three days, and the interview review of a job search site linked to the comment on this program became an issue. At the time, interviewer A of Dong-A Pharmaceutical asked the female job seeker,’What do you think about getting a lower salary than a man because a woman did not go to the military?”Do you intend to go to the military?’

The job seeker who received such a question said, “To reject me as a woman, I deliberately asked questions related to military extra points and military service,” and said, “I saw the strong will of the HR team not to hire women.”

Dong-A Pharmaceutical’s interview question that became controversial. It was written by a person who is believed to be a job seeker who applied to this company in November of last year. [네이트판 캡쳐]

Dong-A Pharmaceutical said, “This issue arose during the first practical interview on November 16 last year.” He added, “Recognizing that we did not pay close attention, the CEO and CEO posted an apology and conveyed the intention of apologizing to the parties.”

The company’s explanation is that interviewer A asked the same question in the process of reviewing the introduction of the new personnel system at the time. It is said that the company was preparing a new personnel system in the direction of improving the treatment of military writers compared to military writers.

An official of Dong-A Pharmaceutical said, “I know that (Mr. A) asked the military-related question to hear the opinion of the interviewee at the time because it was judged that the treatment of military writers and non-writers was necessary. I gave it,” he explained.

As the controversy over sex discrimination spread, Dong-A Pharm posted an apology as a comment on YouTube. [유튜브 캡처]

Dong-A Pharmaceutical has set a policy to discipline Mr. A. An official of Dong-A Pharmaceutical said, “I will open an in-house personnel committee soon to determine the level of disciplinary action.”

Meanwhile, another claim was raised that the company had experienced gender discrimination during the interview. One netizen commented on Dong-A Pharmaceutical in the comment of’Nego King 2′,’If you have a boyfriend (boyfriend) you’ve met for 3 years, you’ll get married soon. It was a place where women said they shouldn’t (don’t hire) because they quit when they get married.

Dong-A Pharmaceutical said, “There is currently no way to check other issues except for interviews in November last year,” and “We will review the personnel and recruitment system and procedures again to prevent such a recurrence.”

Reporter Moon Hee-cheol [email protected]