Episode 11 – Workplace Administrator Privileges

Lee Hyun-woo barely managed to meet the Monday deadline, working overtime on Friday and even coming in on the weekend.

The most important factor to consider when establishing a work plan is [Execution]. The degree of goal achievement according to the plan ultimately depends on the executor’s ability to execute. If the department that establishes the plan and the department that executes it are the same, there isn’t much of a problem. Because they know their capabilities well, they establish a reasonable plan that is feasible.

The problem is when the planning department and the execution department are different. The planning department unconditionally establishes a plausible plan and reports it to the higher-ups. In other words, there is a very high probability that they will establish a plan that does not consider the execution department. In that case, the execution department is screwed.

Also, if the execution department busts their ass and achieves the goal, the planning department takes all the credit. This is why Assistant Manager Lee Hyun-woo is pissed off. Even if he stays up all night working overtime, Assistant Manager Eun-seol is the one who ends up smiling.

,Fuuuck…”

Lee Hyun-woo, who wasted the entire three days of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday doing grunt work, sighs deeply. He had heard rumors about Eun-seol, but experiencing it himself made his head spin with anger.

The higher-ups establish plausible plans that are good for using as their own achievements and casually throw them to other departments. Of course, since the managers have already been bought off, it wasn’t difficult to pass off the work. In this way, Eun-seol was steadily making a good impression on the higher-ups.

Managers who aren’t interested in the actual work would find Eun-seol, who brings in plans that are good for performance reports or press releases, to be pretty.

Lee Hyun-woo would have just brushed it off as bad luck in the past, but the situation is different now. Because he has administrator privileges for the work system.

,If I just let that bitch go, I’ll get so angry that I’ll die of cancer.”

Hyun-woo, who activated the work system on his smartphone, searches for Eun-seol in the [Administrator] privileges.

[User: Eun-seol]

[Age: 28] [Height: 168cm] [Weight: 54kg]

[Stamina: 7/10] [Charm: 7(+3)/10] [Sex Drive: 5/10] [Mental: 9/10]

[Satisfaction: 0/10] [Favorability: Locked]

[Psychological Message]

[Desire] to be promoted within the company

[Yearning] to look attractive to the opposite sex in the company

[Longing] to receive attention from male employees

,Ha! Look at this bitch.”

Hyun-woo had a word that immediately came to mind when he saw Eun-seol’s status message.

,She’s such a fucking attention whore.”

A person who wants to be recognized at work, is an attractive woman to the opposite sex, and wants to receive attention from others, wanting to monopolize everyone’s attention. What else could she be but an attention whore? The psychological message was blatantly showing Eun-seol’s tendencies.

When he accessed her SNS, he saw that posts were constantly being uploaded. Photos of her posing on equipment wearing tight-fitting Pilates clothes. Photos taken while showing off her figure in a rooftop swimming pool with a beautiful night view. Photos taken at the top of a mountain wearing tight leggings and a crop top. There were also occasional ordinary photos taken with friends, but if you looked closely, they were always framed with her in mind.

Thousands of likes and followers, constantly updated photos. Eun-seol’s attention-seeking tendencies, wanting to receive attention even on SNS, were revealed as they were.

What is the worst situation for such an attention whore? It’s indifference. It’s harder to endure no comments than bad comments. So Hyun-woo is going to do what he can do with his administrator privileges.

,I’ll completely bury you at work, even if not on SNS.”

Hyun-woo didn’t like the way she showed off and wanted to be recognized and receive attention, but climbed over others. So he started to think of ways to bury Eun-seol as best as he could.

* * *

Eun-seol had been the center of attention from the team leader and the head of the department since she joined the company. Her excellent work skills played a part in this, but her planning skills, which allowed her to create results that suited the tastes of the management level, also had a significant impact. Recently, her face, which had been a complex, had even exploded with potential after double eyelid surgery, and she could feel the changed gaze of the team leaders looking at her.

Of course, it goes without saying that she couldn’t have a good relationship with the female employees. She probably had a strong image of being a show-off. But she didn’t care. Appealing to the opposite sex with her well-managed body and being recognized by her superiors was much more important to her.

Eun-seol even enjoyed the jealous looks of the female employees.

,Those who don’t even try are jealous. Pfft!”

A slim and elastic body built with constant diet management and Pilates. A slender 23-inch waist and a voluptuous 35-inch hip line. Her long, straight legs were her pride. The tight-fitting high-waisted skirt she often wears makes these features stand out even more.

During commuting hours, when the sound of her high heels echoing in the lobby is heard, all the male employees’ eyes turn to her. She often sees lecherous gazes, but these interested gazes make her tingle.

Of course, it’s not just her appearance. The words ,just pretty on the outside’ were the words she hated to hear the most. She made a lot of effort to avoid hearing such stories, and she was recognized by the higher-ups for her work skills, a truly perfect career woman with both literary and martial arts skills. That was Eun-seol.

No, it had to be that way. But since a few days ago, the way the employees look at her has changed. Something subtle and foreign is felt.

,What is this atmosphere.”

Recently, her self-esteem had soared as she completely overcame what she thought was a complex with double eyelid surgery.

,But what is this atmosphere.”

The male employees don’t care whether she passes by or not. Even if their eyes meet, they are indifferent as if they saw a cleaning lady. Just a few days ago, the sight of them whispering about her, saying things like ,Hey, Eun-seol is coming’ and ,Her body is ooh-yah’, is nowhere to be found.

,Something’s wrong.”

But the bigger surprise was when she arrived at the office.

,Assistant Manager Eun, just a moment.”

The public relations team leader calls her.

,Yes~ Team Leader-nim.”

She was going to the team leader’s seat with a slightly coquettish voice. The public relations team leader was one of the few people that Eun-seol treated affectionately, even acting cute. She had built trust and a good reputation with the team leader by providing results that suited his taste every quarter.

,Assistant Manager Eun, rewrite the performance report from the second quarter.”

,Yes? Team Leader-nim, you clearly said it was perfect last time…”

,Ah, that was before I reviewed everything. Look at this page here. Change the ambiguously expressed parts to be more intuitive, and can’t you see that the charts on the back page are not very visible?”

,Don’t complain and rewrite it!”

,O-okay, Team Leader-nim.”

Eun-seol couldn’t hide her embarrassment at being criticized for a report that she couldn’t even remember when she had received such criticism.

,What’s wrong with the team leader all of a sudden.”

Even at this time, Eun-seol brushed it off, thinking that the team leader was just in a bad mood today. But this was just the beginning.

– Ppillellilli ppillellilli –

As soon as Eun-seol sat down, the phone rang as if it had been waiting.

,The internal review of the business cooperation requested by the public relations team last week has concluded that it is not something our department should handle.”

,Why do we have to do this kind of work?”

,The department that establishes the plan should naturally execute it. Is there a separate department for planning and a separate department for execution?”

,Assistant Manager Eun, this isn’t right. Please refrain from such business cooperation with your team members.”

Complaints erupt from all the departments that had requested business cooperation like a burst dam. She thought she had experienced the ups and downs of life as a four-year office worker, but had there ever been a day as embarrassing as today?

,Haa… What’s wrong with everyone now? I clearly bought them all off.”

,Something must have happened. The team leader is also strange. I should go see the head of the department.”

– Ttokak Ttokak –

Eun-seol headed to the head of the department’s office, who had always been a strong supporter of her, to resolve this situation.

,Okay, perfect again today.”

She made a satisfied expression after fixing her makeup and clothes in the bathroom. The tight-fitting high-waisted skirt and high heels in the mirror were showing off her figure well.

– Knock knock –

,Yes, come in.”

,Department Head-ang-nim~”

Eun-seol entered the head of the department’s office, equipped with a cuteness that she would never show to her peers. A middle-aged man with half of his hair gone was sitting in the seat.

,What’s the matter? Assistant Manager Eun.”

In response to the head of the department’s question, Eun-seol brought up the story of what she had experienced today. As if the pent-up resentment had exploded, she complained to the head of the department about the uncooperative teams.

,Ah, wait a minute, Assistant Manager Eun. I understand the story, but if it’s difficult for that department to cooperate, isn’t it unavoidable? It’s not like those departments don’t have work to do. The main department is clearly the public relations team, right? And the person in charge is Assistant Manager Eun herself.”

The head of the department frowned as if he was annoyed and interrupted Eun-seol’s words.

,Yes? Haa… But the department head-nim instructed me to do so…”

,I meant to do so if you could receive business cooperation. Didn’t you say that Assistant Manager Eun would take care of it on her own?”

,If that’s all you need, please leave. I have a lot of things to take care of today.”

– Slam –

Eun-seol bit her lip tightly and came out of the head of the department’s office at the head of the department’s expulsion order.

,How much performance did I take care of for you last year? Are you doing this now?”

Eun-seol’s vision went dark when even the head of the department, whom she had trusted, showed a cold reaction. When she returned to her public relations team seat in a gloomy mood, her desk was piled high with documents. It was the result of the work she had thrown to each department returning like a boomerang. And all of this work was something she had started.

She scanned each of her team members one by one, but no one met her gaze. The male employees, who had said they would give her their liver and gallbladder just a few days ago, were not even interested in her today.

,Haa… What is this, really.”

Eun-seol, resigned, quietly began to handle the work she had scattered to various departments one by one. Hyun-woo had to come to work on the weekend, so the amount of work was not small. Long after the end of the workday, in an office where everyone had left, her seat was lit up all night.

* * *

,You’re going to have a hard time. Hehehe.”

Hyun-woo, the culprit behind everything Eun-seol had suffered today, was experiencing a thrill as if he had chugged a carbonated drink.

[Favor] towards Eun-seol – Decrease Activated

[Antagonism] towards Eun-seol – Amplification Activated

This was what Hyun-woo had applied through the work system. Since Eun-seol was a relatively well-known figure in the company, everyone from the public relations team leader to the public relations team members, other department team leaders, employees, and even the head of the department had either favor or antagonism towards her.

,She was famous for being rude among the employees, but she was very well-liked by the higher-ups?”

What was surprising was the favor that the management-level executives had for her. It was inevitable since she brought them planning proposals that suited their tastes. Of course, her attractive face and fantastic body, enhanced by double eyelid surgery, must have also played a part.

The reason why this operation to bury Eun-seol was possible was because unlike with female employees, there was no need for leadership stats to manipulate the emotions of male employees. Hyun-woo hadn’t been interested in the men, but he learned that there was no need for separate leadership stats when he manipulated Lee Byung-joo’s emotions.

So he manipulated the emotions of all the male employees who had either favor or antagonism towards Eun-seol. He decreased the favor and amplified the antagonism.

[User Lee Hyun-woo]

[Rank: Beginner Administrator]

[Age: 29] [Height: 177cm] [Weight: 68kg]

[Stamina: 4/10] [Charm: 3/10] [Stamina: 7/10] [Leadership: 3/10]

[Remaining Points: 0]

And he used the remaining points to increase his leadership stats and added Eun-seol to the [Female Employee] section. So the [Female Employee] section is as follows.

[Female Employee]

– Kim Ji-young

– Seo Jin-ah

– Eun-seol

[User: Eun-seol]

[Age: 28] [Height: 168cm] [Weight: 54kg]

[Stamina: 7/10] [Charm: 7(+3)/10] [Sex Drive: 5/10] [Mental: 9/10]

[Satisfaction: 0/10] [Favorability: Locked]

[Psychological Message]

[Desire] to be promoted within the company

[Yearning] to look attractive to the opposite sex in the company – Amplification Activated!

[Longing] to receive attention from male employees – Amplification Activated!

By being promoted to [Beginner Administrator], he was able to manipulate two emotions simultaneously for [Female Employees]. So Hyun-woo decided to further amplify Eun-seol’s attention-seeking tendencies. Eun-seol’s desire to receive attention and look attractive within the company would boil over even more.

In contrast to the cold attitude of the male employees, she will crave even more attention and love.

,Hehehe. This will be interesting to watch. The way you struggle. Eun-seol.”