Manager who prohibited Holi festivities in the workplace while also denying holiday requests for Holi faced massive backlash on Reddit. The employer not only refused to grant employees time off for Holi but also ordered them to remove their colors before entering the workplace.
An employee shared a screenshot of the manager’s message on the “Indian Workplace” subreddit, sparking discussions about toxic work environments across India.
The worker criticized the company for refusing to grant leave for Holi, despite the festival being celebrated nationwide. The employer issued two directives: denying workers time off and banning all office celebrations during the festivities. Additionally, the manager outlined three conditions for employees, along with warnings about inappropriate actions.
The post shared by an anonymous user, read “We will not bring colors on the floor tomorrow!”
Not only my Employer has the audacity to not grant any leaves for Holi but also to mark them unapproved/unpaid for those who take forcefully with sandwich sallary deduction and consequences of warning behaviour issue letters and much more. and to term every festival as business critical day🤡
byu/SahilSakure23 inIndianWorkplace
It also mentioned, “You will not be allowed to enter premises if you are colored yourself and it will be marked as Unapproved since its Business Critical Day. Take extra care of yourself and do not fall ill/have emergencies tomorrow!”
How Netizens Reacted?
A social media user wrote that, “This sounds like a school more than a workplace lol.” Another user wrote, “Mass resignation is the only solution for this.”
Another user wrote, “If work is so important that you should not “have any emergencies “ then why don’t these companies provide WFH when you can actually do more work at home.”
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