2024-05-10 23:54:45
On the 10th, Hive said, “The audit of a certain team leader, Adore, conducted by our audit team on the evening of the 9th was carried out lawfully with the consent of the auditee and in a non-coercive atmosphere,” and detailed the items claimed by CEO Min Hee-jin. refuted.
Hive responded to the claim that the audit continued from 7 p.m. until past midnight, saying, “The team leader in question went to work at the company yesterday at 6 p.m. He was contacted by the audit team while going to work, and the team leader began the audit at 7 p.m. “The audit began when I responded that I would respond,” he explained.
In addition, regarding the claim that he followed a female member to her home late at night after 10 p.m. and forced her to do so, he said, “During the audit process, the team leader admitted that he had received hundreds of millions of won worth of money and valuables from an outsourcing company for several years with the approval of CEO Min Hee-jin.” “He expressed his intention to submit his laptop, which he had left behind, to the company. Accordingly, with his consent, only our female employees accompanied him into the team leader’s home and the laptop was returned.”
Regarding the claim that consent to the use of personal information was forced, he said, “The team leader who was audited agreed to the use of personal information, expressed his intention to cooperate, and even submitted a laptop.” Regarding the claim that he requested the return of his cell phone, which is a personal asset, he said, “CEO Min Hee-jin and some members of Adore have not used the company’s official business messenger at all and have been conducting all business conversations only through KakaoTalk.” “We requested this, but the team leader did not respond, and the Hive audit team did not request any more submissions,” he explained.
In response to CEO Min Hee-jin’s claim that ‘this is a normal advertising industry practice and embezzlement cannot be established,’ Hive emphasized, “There is no practice in which the company’s full-time employees directly take profits worth hundreds of millions of won from advertisers,” and added, “The company’s sales He pointed out, “The fact that an amount that should have been recognized as an amount was passed privately and the CEO knew about it and tolerated it for years is not a practice, but a clear illegality.” “Furthermore, as the CEO, CEO Min has not initiated any follow-up measures, such as recovery or punishment for the illegally received amount,” he said. “We will continue to investigate where the hundreds of millions of won worth of illegal profits received by the team leader went.” “I look forward to clarification,” he added.
Hive also disclosed part of the conversation between CEO Min and Adore management that was confirmed during the audit process. According to this conversation, CEO Min is aware that a large amount of money was received with his connivance.
Regarding this conversation, Hive said, “When Hive HR inquired about the matter, CEO Min treated it like it was no big deal even though he knew the seriousness of the matter. He then used Hive as an excuse to talk internally about stopping the team leader’s bribery. “Yes, our company expresses strong regret to CEO Min, who once again tried to mislead the public by issuing a statement based on false facts. This is a serious defamation of the company.”
Earlier on this day, Min Hee-jin’s legal representative, Shin & Sejong Law Firm, issued a statement saying, “Until the early morning of this day, an unfortunate incident occurred in which Adore members suffered due to an illegal audit based on the Hive audit team’s unreasonable issues raised.”
The legal representative said, “The Hive audit team began auditing Adore’s style directing team leader at 7 p.m. on the 9th, after work hours were over, and the audit continued for over 5 hours, until midnight on the 10th.” The audit went beyond the scope of work, including following the member who was working within the company to his home and demanding not only a laptop but also a personal cell phone that did not belong to the company. In addition, he was told, ‘If you do not cooperate, you will have to go to the police station.’ “He abused his authority as an auditor, including making threats at a very serious level, and committed unreasonable acts that put psychological pressure on our members. Even though we talked about the schedule from early in the morning, the coercive auditing was clearly a work interference.”
The legal representative performed the task of having an internal member in charge of styling in relation to the shooting of an advertisement for the group New Jeans. However, in 2023, New Jeans has more advertisements than initially expected, and as the number of ongoing tasks other than advertisements increases, all advertisement styling work will be carried out internally. He said he came to the conclusion that it would be difficult to carry out.
Accordingly, “It was agreed that from 2024, the work process would be revised and styling for advertising shoots would be carried out through outsourced personnel, and this information was already shared with the Hive HR and ER departments in February.” “The current problem with Hive is that internal members receive the amount to be paid by advertisers to freelancers instead of receiving incentives from Adore. Since no financial damage was caused to Adore, embezzlement cannot be established, contrary to Hive’s claims. “It cannot be done. Matters related to this can be easily confirmed through the records of personnel-related work provided by Hive as a shared service,” he explained.
“Although the content was agreed upon between the parties through a rational decision-making process, yesterday Hive suddenly took issue with this and not only conducted an unreasonable audit of the style directing team leader in question, but also followed the female member to her home late at night after 10 p.m. He said, “They committed actions that are beyond common sense and cannot be done in a normal company, such as forcing people to sign consent to use a laptop,” and added, “Although there are no problems with the procedures and contents, the fact that they claim that ‘the circumstances of embezzlement by breach of trust are clear’ is in itself Hive management. He claimed, “You are proving yourself that you have no understanding of this business, and the method of this audit is also illegal, amounting to obstruction of business, coercion, and invasion of privacy.”
The legal representative said, “The reason Adore is taking this issue seriously is because, similar to the coercive audit that was carried out on Vice President Min some time ago, Hive’s intention is to create an issue that will somehow find fault with Adore and Representative Min. “Currently, the member in question is complaining of mental pain due to anxiety. We plan to withdraw consent to use personal information created under a coercive situation for more than 5 hours, and are also considering filing a complaint for obstruction of business and coercion.” He said.
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2024-05-10 23:54:45