As 2024 comes to a close, people have packed their bags for a short holiday break starting with Christmas on December 25th. Winter vacation has been declared in most states due to the cold wave and festive season. Amidst all this, a post by an Indian employee working for a UK-based firm regarding their holiday has sparked a discussion among netizens.”
An employee, Vivek Panchal took to X to share his happiness on getting holiday break till January 6, 2025. These holidays have been given to mark the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Vivek shared a screenshot of the WhatsApp Chat which mentioned details of holiday and captioned, “Benefits of working in a UK based company.”
The chat read as, “Hi Vivek, starting Monday, we’re off until Jan 6 for Christmas and New Year.” The total leave amounts to 15 days.
Benefits of working in a UK based company 🌝 pic.twitter.com/onfxM4dPB7
---Advertisement---— Vivek Panchal (@Vivekpanchaal) December 20, 2024
Here’s How Netizens Reacted
His post has garnered massive views of almost 530.1K views and engaged netizens in a discussion pertaining to disparity in workplace culture and holiday policies between western and Indian companies. A user, Rajesh Iyer highlighted that companies in India don’t give such benefit to their employees. He wrote, “Not only UK all the western countries follow this. Only India and some Asian countries follow the client first attitude and work 24×7 and 365 days work strategy.”
A user commented, “Meri bhi US based company hai but hr Indian hai.” Another user added that one needs such holiday policies in India. He wrote, “In India we need such long holidays…2 days are not sufficient for Diwali.”
One user mentioned that he works in a Canadian based company and they also have Xmas holidays. A user, Vikas Patel pointed out at the benefit and added that even government employees don’t get such perk as Vivek is getting. “Itne to govt job valo ke bhi maje nhi h,” wrote Vikas.
Some users highlighted holiday policy in Indian companies indirectly by adding comments like, “Come to India, they will ask you to work even on Diwali, Holi, Christmas, Eid …..the list is long”, “Bhai shayad tujhe naukari se nikal diya hoga.. utna lamba chutti thodi na hota h.. jhuth bol rhe h yeh log . Confirm kar le baki logo se.. 16 din kaam kaise hoga.. company kaise chalega” and “India me to Diwali pr v ek din ki chutti milti hai.”
