90-Hour Workweek Debate: Company Fires Employee In 20 Days For Taking Tea Breaks, Leaving Exactly At 7Pm Netizens React

(MENAFN- Live Mint) A Reddit user claimed to have been fired from a Gurgaon-based company within 20 days of joining, allegedly due to taking breaks and leaving the office on time.

The employer pointed out an 'attitude problem' with the user.

The post read,“So I joined this startup in Gurgaon and on the third day my employer tells me I'm not down to earth, I have an attitude problem and this way we can't work together. I didn't understand still I said I don't attitude, I'll work on it although I did not even understand why he was saying that.”

The user claimed that the employer asked them to not make groups in the office. Additionally, the employer had an issue with the user leaving on time.

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“Me and other 2 joinees used to go for tea and smoke together sometimes so he started having problems with that now. Don't create groups, it's not good for the company etc. After some time he started having problems with me leaving on time 7 pm. You are leaving exactly at 7, this is not good etc,” the user wrote.

90-hour workweek debate

The Reddit post comes amid the controversy over L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan 's undated video promoting a 90-hour workweek that went viral.

In the video, he asked if the employees should even give up Sundays. "How long can you stare at your wife," Subrahmanyan asked, stirring a controversy.

“I regret I am not able to make you work on Sundays. If I can make you work on Sundays, I will be more happy, because I work on Sundays. What do you do sitting at home? How long can you stare at your wife? How long can the wives stare at their husbands? Come on, get to the office and start working," the L&T Chairman said.

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