Nuance Dictionary / Social Situations
퇴사 toe-sa
Resigning from a soul-crushing job as an ultimate act of personal liberation and rebellion.
What does 퇴사 mean?
퇴사 (toe-sa) means: Resigning from a soul-crushing job as an ultimate act of personal liberation and rebellion.
Speakers use this term when officially leaving a company or discussing the process of resigning. It appears alongside expressions of preparation, such as setting a departure date or awaiting management approval, and occurs in conversational complaints where someone repeatedly talks about leaving their job.
Among peers, talking about quitting can carry a celebratory weight of personal liberation from a difficult workplace, transforming a bureaucratic departure into an escape.
Among peers, talking about quitting can carry a celebratory weight of personal liberation from a difficult workplace, transforming a bureaucratic departure into an escape.
Other sides of 퇴사
◆ The Bureaucratic Fact — Speakers use this term in administrative and formal workplace contexts to refer to the legal and procedural termination of employment. It appears frequently in human resources paperwork and official correspondence regarding staff departures. It pairs with nouns and verbs related to scheduling and processing, such as 퇴사 일자, 퇴사 시간, and 퇴사 처리. In professional communication, it also combines with verbs indicating approval or logistical preparation like 퇴사를 승인하다 and 퇴사를 준비하다.
While administrative in nature, this term can carry a clinical detachment in corporate settings, reducing a person's departure entirely to a matter of paperwork and scheduling.
While administrative in nature, this term can carry a clinical detachment in corporate settings, reducing a person's departure entirely to a matter of paperwork and scheduling.
How it's actually used
- 회사에서 나의 퇴사를 승인한다는 메일이 왔다.
hoesa-eseo na-ui toe-sa-reul seung-in-handaneun meil-i watda.
An email came from the company approving my resignation.
💡 Shows the administrative step of receiving approval for leaving. - 퇴사 일자가 정해진 과장님께서는 자신의 업무를 하나씩 정리하기 시작하셨다.
toe-sa ilja-ga jeong-haejin gwajang-nim-kkes-eun jasin-ui eommu-reul hana-ssik jeongnihagi sijak-hasyeotda.
The manager, whose departure date has been set, started organizing their work one by one.
💡 Shows a colleague preparing for their final departure date. - 언니는 퇴사 퇴사 노래를 부르곤 했지만 8년째 잘 다니고 있다.
eonni-neun toe-sa toe-sa norae-reul bureu-gon haetjiman pal-nyeon-jjae jal danigo itda.
My older sister used to constantly talk about quitting, but she's still working there successfully in her eighth year.
💡 Shows frequent casual talk about leaving a job.
Related words in Social Situations
우물 안 개구리 Umul an gaeguri한방 han-bang콩 심은 데 콩 나고 팥 심은 데 팥 난다 Kong simeun de kong nago pat simeun de pat nanda누워서 침 뱉기 Nuwoseo chim baetgi소 뒷걸음질 치다 쥐 잡기 So dwit-georeumjil chida jwi japgi