day 16the new team leader

the new team leader

Say “get it done, finish it off” with -어 치우다, and talk about a reorganisation at work: 개편, 결성, 경영진, 감원, 발령, 복귀, 분담.

today’s words

• 간담회 gandamhoe · informal meeting, round-table talk
• 간부 ganbu · senior staff, executive, cadre
• 감원 gamwon · staff cut, job cuts
• 개시 gaesi · start, launch
• 개편 gaepyeon · reorganisation, restructuring
• 결성 gyeolseong · forming (a team, a union)
• 경영진 gyeongyeongjin · management, the executives
• 구인난 guinnan · shortage of workers, hard to hire
• 국장 gukjang · director, head of a bureau
• 기업체 gieopche · company, business firm
• 내실 naesil · substance, solidity
• 노사 nosa · labour and management
• 도맡다 domatda · take on all of, handle by yourself
• 등용문 deungyongmun · gateway (to success)
• 말단 maldan · the lowest rank, bottom rung
• 발령 ballyeong · appointment, posting; issuing (an alert)
• 밥벌이 bapbeori · earning a living, a livelihood
• 백수 baeksu · jobless person, someone out of work
• 병행 byeonghaeng · doing side by side, combining
• 보류 boryu · putting on hold, postponement
• 복귀 bokgwi · return (to a post, to normal)
• 부리다 burida · work (people), order about
• 부임 buim · taking up a post
• 분담 bundam · sharing (of duties, costs)

sentences

• 회사는 다음 달부터 조직을 개편하기로 했다. · The company has decided to reorganise from next month.
• 이번 개편으로 안나 과장의 팀이 정식으로 결성되었다. · With this reorganisation, Anna’s team was officially formed.
• 경영진은 노사 간담회에서 감원 계획이라고는 없다고 밝혔다. · At a talk between management and staff, the executives said there were no plans for job cuts at all.
• 요즘 많은 기업체가 구인난을 겪고 있다. · Many companies are struggling to find staff these days.
• 새로 부임한 국장은 말단 기자로 시작한 사람이다. · The new director started out as a junior reporter.