“터질 게 터졌다”... '런베뮤' 전 직원, 료 이사 갑질 폭로 [지금이뉴스] / YTN

Amidst allegations of overwork death of a 20-year-old employee at the famous bakery London Bagel Museum (Lonbemu), an employee has come forward. Mr. A, who recently worked at Lonbemu, posted on social media, "I was wondering when the controversy would erupt," adding, "They divided the contract into three-month increments, and if anything came up, the contract was terminated." Mr. A claimed, "One employee's contract was terminated after 11 months on the job, claiming, 'I was sick and couldn't do my job.'" He added, "I was a senior employee, but they threatened to demote me, but then told me, 'I gave you a chance, but you took it, so your contract is terminated.'" He continued, "Even simple mistakes require a written explanation. On my first day, I received an hour of training and had to pay for a bagel. The name of the bagel was all written in English on the POS machine, so I had to write a written explanation. I also had to write a written explanation because a customer requested a shopping bag but the POS machine didn't print it. If the explanation was longer than five pages, I had to go to the headquarters branch for training." Mr. A also said, "If an employee made a mistake, we checked the CCTV to determine who the employee was and had them write a written explanation. The deceased employee was probably caught on CCTV. The quality was so good that their faces were identifiable." Revelations also surfaced about Ryo (real name Lee Hyo-jung), founder of the London Bagel Museum. Person A said, "I signed up for Director Ryo's brand training, but I heard all sorts of nonsense. He said, 'At the coffee bar, the cups are placed on shelves out of reach, designed so that employees' waistlines are visible.'" He also confessed, "Director Ryo once yelled at an employee in front of the store for not recognizing him and blocking him. The general manager would call him 'shorts over there,' 'blonde over there,' 'hey,' 'you,' instead of his name." An employee who previously worked at the RunBemu Incheon branch was found dead in the company dormitory on July 16. According to his family, the deceased, who was 180cm tall and weighed 78kg, had a robust build and worked over 80 hours a week when the RunBemu Incheon branch opened. The day before he was found dead in the dormitory, he reportedly worked for approximately 15 hours without a meal. This incident occurred 14 months after he joined the company in May of last year. The bereaved family has denied allegations of overwork and refused to provide any documentation. They also claim the deceased's employment contract was drafted based on overtime of 14 hours per week, violating the 52-hour workweek cap, and that the actual work hours were significantly longer. The family filed an industrial accident compensation claim, but LBM, the operator of Runbemu, refused to provide any documentation regarding working hours. The company simply reiterated that the work records it had confirmed contradicted the family's claims. The family further fueled the controversy by revealing that a high-ranking LBM executive verbally abused the family, calling their actions "extremely immoral." Audio | AI Anchor Produced by Choi Ji-hye #NowNews ▶ Original article: https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0134_202510... ▶ Report: https://mj.ytn.co.kr/mj/mj_write.php ▣ Subscribe to YTN YouTube Channel: http://goo.gl/Ytb5SZ ⓒ YTN. Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, and use of AI data are prohibited.