An Indian IT worker in the US requested to change his working hours to take care of his child. The manager’s supportive response reflected an improved environment in contrast to India’s ‘toxic’ work culture, which made the employee express fear of returning to India.
There is often a complaint about the workplace in India that the environment here is very ‘toxic’. For example, leave is not given when asked, one has to work long hours but is not paid for it, one does not get time for family and friends and on top of that, bad behavior of the manager. This list is quite long. But, many people say that this does not happen in foreign countries. A post related to this is attracting everyone’s attention on social media.
An Indian youth working in the IT sector in America has shared his experience on Reddit. She said that when she asked about changing her working hours to take care of her child, the manager’s response was heart-touching.
The young man told that the nanny (nanny) who takes care of his 7-month-old child leaves at 4:30 in the evening. Whereas his wife, who goes to office, returns home by 7:30 pm. In the meantime, this young man, who is working from home, has to take care of the child for three hours. He messaged this entire situation to his manager. He said he would take a break from work from 4:30 to 7:30 pm and would compensate by logging in early in the morning or working late at night.
To this the manager replied, ‘This is a very good thing.’ I hope your child enjoys being with the nanny and learns new things. Thanks for giving this information. Just mark that time as ‘Out of Office’ (OOO) in your calendar, so that there is no confusion regarding the schedule.
The young man says that he became emotional after reading this reply of the manager. He also wrote that such conditions do not exist in India, so now he is afraid to go there and work. The young man said, “Even though I miss my country, people and festivals, it no longer seems possible to leave this wonderful work culture of America and go back to India to work.” Many people commented on this post. Most people said that everyone deserves such a manager.