To binge watch web series Desi man’s leave application gets rib-tickling, Internet In Splits
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Balance in work is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices.
A healthy work-life balance requires that employees set aside time for personal rejuvenation and other activitie. With a drastic spike in the number of people suffering from the stress of such a work culture, many organisations are encouraging employees to put their mental health first.
An employee named Abhishek Kumar sent a formal email to his bosses asking for leave to watch his favourite webseries. Not only this, he also shared the screen shot of the mail on Twitter with a caption that read, “Normalise leave. It is not necessary that you take leave only when you are sick or for some work that cannot be done without you.”
Normalise leave. ?
It is not necessary that you take leave only when you are sick or for some work that cannot be done without you. pic.twitter.com/rIdCJAJxHN— Abhishek (@AbhishekSay) December 22, 2022
In the mail, he clearly wrote to his bosses that “ this is the formal application” for a day’s leave on December 23rd to just sit at home and watch Pitchers-Season 2.The reason for this much-needed leave is that I can’t binge-watch one of my favourite web series on weekdays all night long without disrupting my sleep cycle and can’t wait until the weekend to watch it. Will continue research and monitoring work as usual from 24th December.”
The journalist also went on to tag his superiors. The man’s post garnered a lot of social media reactions. One stated, “Why mention the reason? Leave is your right. The manager shouldn’t even ask the reason behind the leave.” Another claimed, “Normalise not giving reason while asking for leave.” A third person said, “Normalize not having to explain what you’re going to spend your paid days off on.” One user said, “This is so cool. Would love to see the response
