A Gen Z employee joined a video meeting wearing a face pack to prank her boss. But instead of getting angry, the CEO surprised everyone by calmly asking about the mask. The video of this cool reaction of the boss has gone viral.
The way of working of today’s Gen Z i.e. new generation employees is completely different. He neither silently listens to his boss’s scoldings nor follows the old office routine. One such interesting incident has come to light, where a Gen Z employee joined the office video call meeting by applying a face pack on her face and drinking juice. She was going to joke with the boss, but the boss’s answer surprised her.
Reached the meeting wearing Neem face pack
Since the start of work from home, office meetings have now reached the living room and kitchen of the house. But RemoteStar Ltd. A girl from the company went one step ahead of all this. She attended an important video call in the office with a thick neem face pack on her face and a towel wrapped around her head. She was telling the details of her project to the CEO, while the rest of her colleagues were trying to control their laughter. She was talking so comfortably, as if nothing had happened, and was also drinking water from the glass in between.
Joking with the boss backfired!
Actually, it was a plan of all the employees together to play a practical joke on the boss. But what surprised everyone the most was the reaction of the company’s CEO. When the girl finished her presentation, the CEO, instead of getting angry, asked calmly, ‘What face mask is this?’ Is black seaweed a mask or something else? Hearing this, the girl laughed and replied, ‘This is a Neem face pack, you should also try it.’ His cool reply gave a big surprise to the employees who went to joke with the boss. The company wrote along with the video, ‘We wanted to play a practical joke on the boss, but he enjoyed it more than us.’
This video has gone viral on social media and more than 80 lakh people have seen it. Many people are praising the behavior of the CEO. One user wrote, ‘Only the lucky ones get such a cool boss’, while another wrote, ‘This Millennial boss is cooler than Gen Z employees.’
Drama done for promotion?
At the same time, some people have also criticized it. He says that the seriousness of the office meeting is losing and all this is just a drama for promotion. In response, the company also released the second part of the meeting. In this, the boss is seen jokingly saying, ‘From now on, if someone switches off his camera, I will know what he is doing.’
Many people believe that this video shows that the definition of ‘professionalism’ is changing in the hybrid work culture after Covid. This incident also shows the mindset of Gen Z that gives more importance to the quality of work than clothes or looks. Nevertheless, debate has arisen over the extent to which this type of joking is appropriate in official meetings.