As the resumption of service by the e-commerce (electronic commerce) company TMON has been postponed indefinitely, some employees have expressed their intention to resign. About 50 of the existing employees whose jobs were succeeded when OASIS, a dawn-delivery specialist corporations OASIS Market (hereinafter OASIS), acquired TMON, which was undergoing corporate rehabilitation, remain.
According to a compilation of reporting by ChosunBiz on the 19th, voluntary resignations are underway at TMON. Although OASIS has not officially announced that it would accept voluntary resignations, about 10 employees who had been working with the initial target of the 10th for TMON's service restart recently expressed their intention to resign. This accounts for about 20% of the TMON employees whose employment was succeeded by OASIS.
An OASIS official said, "We had set the 10th as the date to resume service, but it is being delayed. Some employees in a state of loss have conveyed their intention to resign." The official added, "Even though we proposed a transfer to work at OASIS instead of TMON, there are employees who said they would resign. We plan to process these as voluntary resignations and pay salary, severance, and consolation money in addition."
TMON employees who learned of the news belatedly are expressing anxiety. They are employees who had been on leave for childbirth or childcare. They conveyed their intention to return to work upon hearing about voluntary resignations, but said they have not received a related response from OASIS.
One employee said, "I am anxious because there are colleagues who say they are taking voluntary resignation," and questioned, "Even if there was no separate notice about voluntary resignation, isn't the resignation process effectively proceeding under that name?" Another employee said, "I told the company I wanted to return, but when there was no answer, I asked a colleague, and they told me about the voluntary resignation."
In some quarters of the industry, there is talk that resuming TMON's service has effectively become difficult. An industry official said, "The wave of resignations by TMON employees is ultimately proof that OASIS's will to resume TMON's service has weakened," adding, "OASIS is trying to find a breakthrough, such as by holding town halls, but the internal sentiment among employees was different."
OASIS is entering the third month since acquiring TMON. OASIS signed a conditional investment agreement with TMON in March with an acquisition payment of 11.6 billion won. The acquisition was then finalized on Jun. 23 through a compulsory approval process by the Seoul Bankruptcy Court. Afterward, OASIS injected an additional 60 billion won to normalize TMON's business.
An OASIS official said, "All internal preparations to resume TMON's service have been completed," and added, "As soon as the online payment issue is resolved through consultations with payment gateways (PG) and card companies, we can immediately resume the service."