Hansung Tech is a small plastics manufacturer known for producing infant formula lids, yogurt spoons, and other everyday plastic products. Behind its modest façade, however, is a family-run company where the CEO and his relatives hold key positions, exploiting the employees beneath them.
Assistant Manager Lee Kyung-min is the company's indispensable ace. Competent and hardworking, he arrives before dawn, leaves late at night, cleans up management's mistakes, and looks after the factory workers. But after years of relentless exploitation, he finally reaches his breaking point.
An unexpected opportunity changes everything. Escaping his toxic workplace, Kyung-min starts a new life, building a successful career and finding love along the way. The Assistant Manager's Survival Guide is an inspiring underdog story about survival, growth, and triumph in the world of Korea's small and medium-sized businesses.
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