Over per week in the past, ADOR and Min Hee Jin hit again at Dispatch over them supposedly distorting her textual content messages, particularly almost about the sexual harassment/energy harassment allegation by an worker of ADOR towards one of many executives. Now although, the worker in query has allegedly spoken out and detailed her expertise with Min Hee Jin in a protracted assertion.
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The assertion begins with them figuring out themselves and speaking about how they’re scared to come back ahead, however really feel like they need to defend themselves because of the lies that Min Hee Jin was peddling.
As CEO Min Hee Jin talked about in a KakaoTalk dialog with Government A (To cite, ‘If this will get out, it should solely make issues worse for B. Does B even have the braveness to try this?’), I’m nothing however a daily worker, missing in braveness. She was proper.
The considered confronting the corporate CEO who’s a star producer with many years of expertise within the leisure trade and who’s a talented veteran in media relations was unthinkable for a mere worker like me. Even now, as I’m penning this, I’m terrified.
Nevertheless, I can’t tolerate CEO Min Hee Jin anymore for less than having defended Government Some time having been abusive in her language and conduct in direction of the staff working for her. She additionally went public with the KakaoTalk messages of a former firm worker with none consent, within the sole curiosity of showing her personal grievances. Furthermore, CEO Min Hee Jin’s quite a few lies, corresponding to claiming that she maintained neutrality, or that the insults weren’t directed at me, and that the KakaoTalk messages had been edited, are unacceptable.
The worker explains that she wished to remain out of the highlight regardless of the HYBE/ADOR feud, however as a result of Dispatch outed the conversations and Min Hee Jin began outing extra particulars to victimize herself, she determined she needed to communicate out.
Please word that after my resignation in April, when the 2 corporations began clashing, I used to be investigated by HYBE underneath suspicion, just because I used to be a former worker of CEO Min Hee Jin and Government A. A number of media retailers reached out to me, eager to cowl the problems I had raised, however I refused all of them as I didn’t wish to change into additional embroiled in authorized disputes between CEO Min Hee Jin and HYBE. I’ve been residing quietly since then.
Nevertheless, when the small print of my case had been revealed by way of Dispatch’s exposé, I used to be profoundly shocked. The headline contained expressions that had been deeply hurtful, and because the individual immediately concerned within the incident, I used to be capable of instantly grasp the context. Nonetheless, know that I double- and triple-checked to verify the details earlier than penning this.
Earlier than I get to the primary level, I additionally wish to handle that proper after I reported Government A, CEO Min Hee Jin and Government A directed all types of abusive language at me and interfered with the investigation. Regardless that their remarks had been made behind the scenes, the extent of private insult was so extreme that I believed they could find yourself feeling no less than a bit of regretful.
I used to be as soon as a fan of the CEO. I spent tens of 1000’s of KRW on the Weverse NewJeans Store and despatched well mannered, affectionate messages in lots of of KakaoTalk exchanges after resigning for the sake of ADOR. However my emotions and efforts have been trampled and deceived.
Regardless of CEO Min Hee Jin’s claims that the reality shouldn’t be distorted or edited, she has not solely distorted the reality herself, but in addition used non-public KakaoTalk conversations from after my resignation for her personal profit. Therefore, I’m writing one thing I believed I’d by no means have to jot down my entire life.
I really feel like simply her testimony on this regard is loads damning for everyone concerned on this by itself, however Min Hee Jin particularly for utilizing her as a defend regardless of the remedy detailed.
The worker then goes into particulars concerning the allegations, clarifying that it was each sexual harassment and energy harassment that she suffered by the hands of the manager, and that she wasn’t the one one who suffered energy harassment. She says he was always vital and badgered workers even exterior of labor hours, offering examples of being harassed and pressured unreasonably
She factors out that she was dissatisfied by the HYBE ruling of only a reprimand, however endured it as a result of she was leaving quickly anyway. Nevertheless, she discovered that Min Hee Jin didn’t give the manager even a stern warning, however as an alternative insulted her as seen within the texts that had been leaked, calling her a pejoratives and framing her as a shitty employee.
The worker additionally accuses Min Hee Jin of doing what she accused Dispatch of doing.
What drastically dissatisfied me, to the purpose the place I felt compelled to talk out, was CEO Min Hee Jin’s use of the very manipulation and distortion she had criticized: The general public disclosure of KakaoTalk messages with out consent, and her denial of the abuse directed at me within the Dispatch exposé, claiming it was geared toward another person. Moreover, she used the rationale of my resignation and its context to unfold lies to the general public. It’s unforgivable that, regardless of having wronged somebody she as soon as labored with, she exploited the state of affairs and by no means supplied a single apology. Everybody makes errors, and when errors happen, acknowledging and apologizing swiftly is the fitting factor to do.
Astutely, she presumes what Min Hee Jin’s response is perhaps — they had been informal convos, her typical — and heads it off. The worker suspects Min Hee Jin had a task within the investigation and that she has by no means apologized for what occurred. She additionally states that slightly than separating the sufferer from the accused, she as an alternative always tried to power them collectively and put her underneath duress.
After I was speaking with the HYBE HR staff, CEO Min Hee Jin made each effort to border the state of affairs as if I had filed a retaliatory criticism on account of incompetence. CEO Min Hee Jin used each type of abuse and insult, calling me derogatory names corresponding to ‘a bit of f*cker,’ ‘psycho lunatic,’ ‘loopy b*tch,’ and ‘dummy to be taught a lesson.’ She inspired Government A to rent a lawyer and sue me for false accusations, and he or she used her place to nullify my criticism by way of numerous means.
Due to this fact, I want to ask once more whether or not CEO Min Hee Jin’s declare of sustaining a impartial stance as the top of the corporate and taking applicable steps to mediate sounds correct in any respect.
Concluding, the worker encourages Min Hee Jin to inform the reality lest she be uncovered to additional actions (probably authorized) and that she simply desires an apology.
Now, I look forward to a honest apology from CEO Min Hee Jin and Government A. I hope there can be no additional errors of misrepresentation as there have been earlier than. Please appropriate any misinformation with particular particulars. And must you proceed to assert that my assertion is manipulative and false, I’ll take further steps to proceed revealing the reality.
Simply to cowl all bases, it must be mentioned that whereas this was posted seemingly anonymously on Instagram, the alleged sufferer did present a KakaoTalk screenshot of an alternate as proof it’s her. To not say that there’s something about this that’s even remotely unbelievable.
Clearly, the HYBE/ADOR stuff has been polarized from the get go, however the important thing factor right here needs to be the sufferer and her mistreatment by everyone concerned. HYBE both didn’t do their due diligence on this or is ok to cowl it up after they had been on higher phrases with Min Hee Jin, whereas Dispatch (and HYBE) didn’t appear to care a lot concerning the sufferer as a lot as scoring factors in a company dispute, thus finally forcing the sufferer to out her expertise.
But it’s Min Hee Jin who continues to come back off worst for apparent causes. Fairly frankly, her response to Dispatch by no means actually did a lot for me anyway. Whereas she aimed to downplay her position in a sexual harassment case, nothing refuted her different remedy of feminine staff or conduct within the office, so she nonetheless got here off unhealthy to anyone cheap. Nevertheless, now that there’s sufferer testimony confirming it was about each sexual harassment and energy harassment, and that she successfully facilitated each towards the sufferer simply to guard her govt or herself or her firm, it’s exhausting to not conclude that she
In a approach it’s a little bit of an ironic approach for everyone to seek out out she sucks. She constructed a cult of character round this narrative that she’s a humble feminine worker preventing again towards the massive corpo regardless of being in line for lots of of thousands and thousands of {dollars} and the CEO of an organization herself. Now although, she’s (allegedly) been discovered doing worse to a lady worker who is definitely within the powerless state of affairs she has tried to cosplay as all through this saga.
Hope the sufferer will get her apology, and hell, I hope she will get compensation too. I additionally marvel if this may embolden different creatives or workers to talk up towards her, because the response from creatives within the trade has largely been supportive to this point.