8.4
Severance
2022
It follows the story of middle-aged office workers struggling to survive in a turbulent workplace.
Episode 1Jun 23, 2021 · 64mHanmyeong Electronics undergoes a mass layoff of their workers. However, for Mr. Choi Ban Seok, he gets assigned to the Changin Business Department. Although his experience and expertise in electrical appliances land him a desk job, he opts to keep working with his hands. He arrives at Hanmyeong Electronics Changin Campus for his first day of work, where he meets Han Se Gwon, his team leader.
Episode 2Jun 24, 2021 · 62mJa Young arrives at Hanmyeong Electronics in Changin and smacks Se Gwon across his head for sending Ban Seok to work in HR when he has no experience in the field. Meanwhile, Ban Seok finds out that Se Gwon had secretly switched a part in the vacuum robot to pin the malfunction on him. Nevertheless, Ban Seok tries working in HR even without Ja Young's support.
Episode 3Jun 30, 2021 · 61mBan Seok convinces Ja Young that he will learn HR's ropes and makes it on the team. However, his first task puts him in front of Han Se Gwon, an unbearable person for him to be questioning. Meanwhile, the team leader of the Motor Team, Kang Min Goo, sexually harasses a woman in the company and refuses to apologize.
Episode 4Jul 1, 2021 · 62mBan Seok finds himself in a blackmail and sabotage scheme between Han Se Gwon, No Byung Guk, and Kang Min Goo, but it ends up backfiring on him. With his neck on the line, he thoroughly investigates to get to the bottom of things and proves his credibility. Meanwhile, Ja Young tries to figure out how to save two valuable members of the Motor Team from resigning.
Episode 5Jul 7, 2021 · 63m · ★ 8.0Ja Young gets faced with the difficult task of reducing Changin Business Department employees by 40 percent. Without a way of knowing who to keep and who to let go, she proposes a company-wide job adequacy test to come up with a list. Meanwhile, everyone at Hamyeong Electronics scrambles to create a project proposal and asks Ban Seok for his help.
Episode 6Jul 8, 2021 · 68mJa Young earnestly asks Ban Seok for his help regarding the job adequacy test. She even gives him her personal credit card to sway his colleagues who have made this into a company vote. Meanwhile, a senior researcher speaks her mind when she gets humiliated by Se Gwon, who had stolen her proposal and left her out of the Task Force Team.
It follows the story of middle-aged office workers struggling to survive in a turbulent workplace.
Jung Jae-youngChoi Ban-seok
Moon So-riDang Ja-young
Lee Sang-yeobHan Se-kwon
Kim Ga-eunSeo Na-ri
Kim Nam-heeShin Han-soo
Park Won-sangPaeng Soo-gon
Kim Joong-kiGo Jung-sik
Cha Chung-hwaShin Jung-A
Cheon Hee-jooKye Bo-ram
Seo Eun-ohEo Hye-mi
Lee Jun-iGas station attendant
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**Drama Gets Real in the Tech Industry. A Rare Gem. ** Didn't expect much before watching and was pleasantly surprised and it is amongst my favorites. Less K-Drama-style exaggerated plots, but more realistic office politics and struggle of experienced and reliable engineers, pertaining to the tech industry in the new world of a buzz word -driven industry - IoT, AI, and the likes.
The earlier parts were dreadful to get through, they did an awful job trying to hook the viewers but it got a lot better later on. Around episode 5-6 it started getting interesting and enjoyable. However, that didn't last for too long as there was a big downtime and disconnect in the story after episode 12. Meanwhile the ending was good enough but I hoped for something better. On the other hand, the drama had a decent selection of cast but I wish we got to see more of the support cast like Park Won Sang instead of filling it with redundant scenes. The drama was promising and good enough but it left a lot to be desired.
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