‘Sick leave loge aaj? Inform 7 days in advance’: Manager’s leave policy has internet confused | Trending

Jul 25, 2024 03:17 PM When one Indian manager told his employee that sick leaves must be applied for seven days in advance, people across the world were confused. Can you predict if you will come down with a cold in the next seven days? Or foresee a stomach bug at least a week in advance? The answer, obviously, is no. An Indian employee asked his manager for sick leave, stumped reply.(Pixabay) Anyone can tell you that there is no way to predict minor illnesses with any degree of certainty in life. So when one Indian manager told his employee that sick leaves must be applied for seven days in advance, people across the world were left scratching their heads in confusion. The employee shared a screenshot of his WhatsApp exchange with his boss on the “antiwork” Reddit forum. “My health is not well, so I won’t be coming to the office,” the employee informed his senior, as per the screenshot. To this, the manager asked if he was planning to take a sick leave. On receiving an answer in the affirmative, the boss replied: “To take sick leave or casual leave you need to inform at least 7 days prior.” “How to know if I am going to be sick in next 7 days?” the employee wondered in his now-viral post. Take a look at the exchange below: People in the comments section were left bemused the boss’s demand. “Send an email every day: ‘This is to inform you that I may get sick seven days from now and may thus need to use sick time,’ See how long it takes,” suggested one Reddit user. “Malicious compliance time…..every Monday morning submit a preemptive sick leave notice, then cancel it the following Monday when you submit a new one,” another said in agreement. Some shared their own experiences of dealing with unreasonable company policies. “I used to work in a supermarket. One day I had an evening shift. At some point in the early afternoon, I fell down a flight of stairs and had a bruised knee and a minor concussion. I called in sick and got told I needed to come in anyway or be written up because calling in sick must happen before 8 am. Yeah, I’ll schedule falling down the stairs next time,” a Reddit user recalled. Catch every big hit, every wicket with Crickit, a one stop destination for Live Scores, Match Stats, Infographics & much more. Explore now! See more Get Latest Updates on Trending News Viral News, Video, Photos and Weather Updates of India and around the world News / Trending / ‘Sick leave loge aaj? Inform 7 days in advance’: Manager’s leave policy has internet confused