The heart of the Indian IT professional became viral online and threw light on the emotional toll rigidity in the workplace at a time of personal loss.
She married Reddit, and Techie shared that he had lost his father a week ago and has since navigated not only grief but lack of empathy from his workplace. According to the paper, he took five days of holiday, while his father was hospitalized, followed by a week of work from home to complete the necessary rituals. When he asked for another month of distant work to support his mother, who is now alone in their hometown, the answer he received was stunned.
“The client manager simply said,” Complete the rituals and please plan to continue forward. “Which basically meant – get back to the office,” he wrote.
A man who works in an IT company based on services and is directly assigned to the client that his application was rejected without an interview. He even tried to plan a call to explain his situation, but did not receive any answer. His own manager, he added, also did not increase to support him.
Techie, now, caught up between personal duties and professional expectations, turned to Reddit and asked how others would have managed such a situation.
The Internet is responding
The post launched a wave of reactions, with many users expressed outrage by lack of compassion showing the workplace. Some have emptied in his situation, while others emphasized that corporate policies around death and remote work are often vague or inconsistently used.
“Take your holiday, whatever the number of days you need. Enforceable.
Another user wrote: “This is inhuman. I apologize for your loss, op.
“I think WFH has become a luxury in India, better apply the leaves and perform rituals. After you are all right, join back. It’s very sorry for your loss, God and family power can,” wrote the third user.
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