Published 15:02 IST, November 8th 2024

Man Faces Backlash for Sharing About Genz Colleague's 1 Week Leave to Heal from Break Up

A recent social media post by an employer has sparked a debate online on Genz's approach towards taking leave

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Viral News: A recent social media post by an employer has sparked a debate online on Genz's approach towards taking leave. While reacting to post ar social media user Krishna Mohan, shared that a Gen Z employee from his team took a week off to "heal from a breakup" during a critical phase of a project.

“One of my Gen Z team members suddenly declared 1 week leave. It was a critical time of project  so I tried to reason. He did t budge. leave was because he h a breakup and he wanted to go to mountains to forget breakup,” Mohan wrote.

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While several users slammed him for t regarding employee's mental health, he furr reveled “Believe me it was one way communication. I h to deal with repercussions on project.”

However, many social media users were t satisfied with answers and defended young employee.

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“It’s better to give m a break than overwhelm m with delines when y’re alrey struggling,” one commenter wrote.

Ar ded, “So, according to you, mental health is thing.”

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“This is a boomer fallout issue. People learned over time that even top performers weren’t treated well, so w pendulum has swung or way,” remarked one user. A fourth comment re, “Unless world is ending, all delines can be justed. Clients understand too if you just communicate.”

Earlier, Investor Siddharth Shah shared an im of an email where a Gen Z employee informed ir boss about taking leave.

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Inste of asking for permission or providing a detailed reason, email was short, direct, and confidently stated employee’s intention to take time off.

Shah captioned post, “How my Gen Z team gets its leaves approved," sparking a discussion on modern work culture.
 

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14:43 IST, November 8th 2024