Employee Resigns After Manager's 'Insensitive' Response To Sick Mother: "Put Her In Shelter Home"

A woman employee at a private bank in India was apparently forced to quit her job after the manager denied her leave to care for her critically ill mother. As per a Reddit post, the manager told the employee that if her mother is "not recovering, put her in a medical or shelter home and come to the office". The response, which has been labelled as "insensitive", sparked outrage and highlighted concerns about a toxic workplace.

In the post, the user stated that the employee asked for a few days for leave as her mother was critically ill because of the wrong medication. The user noted that she was just asking for some time.

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"That was it. She was left with two choices - Work as usual or stay with her mother," a user named Mr_Moulick wrote in the post in r/IndianWorkplace subreddit.

"She stayed with her mother. Soon after that, she had to resign. She had worked there for years."

"I'm posting this here because I honestly don't know what the "right" response is anymore in such workplaces."

"What would you have done?" The user ended the post with a question, which resonated with many on the platform. 

Manager told: Put your mother in a medical or shelter home and come to office.
byu/Mr_Moulick inIndianWorkplace

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Social Media Reaction

The post gained significant traction, with more than 600 upvotes. It also sparked a debate about workplace culture and employee rights.

"Ask the manager to give this suggestion in written, and watch his tone change and ego crumble," one user suggested.

"Damn, I empathise with her and the feelings that she had to go through. There should be some legal way to get back at this crude kind of exploitation," a second user wrote.

"This is really unfortunate. Why did she have to resign though instead of just letting them fire her?" a third wrote.