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‘He had a breakup and took a one-week leave’: Manager shares about his Gen-Z employee, internet reacts

‘He had a breakup and took a one-week leave’: Manager shares about his Gen-Z employee, internet reacts
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There have been ample reports on how Gen Z employees are doing things differently at workplaces and setting new trends. Be it opting for work-life balance over a higher salary, taking leaves without guilt, saying no to micromanagement among other things, this generation appears to be creating a whole new culture. And what happens to those who try to oppose this new culture? They get schooled on the internet, of course.

In a recent incident, a manager took to X (earlier called Twitter) and shared how one of his Gen Z employees took a one-week vacation to the mountains after going through a breakup. However, contrary to his expectation, various X users started accusing him of trivialising mental health issues by such statements. Read on to know what exactly happened.

"He had a breakup"


The man's tweet read, "One of my Gen z team members suddenly declared 1 week leave. It was a critical time of the project so I tried to reason. He did not budge. The leave was because he had a breakup and he wanted to go to the mountains to forget the breakup."

When a user commented that it is better to give people leaves than deadlines, the manager replied, "Believe me it was one way communication. I had to deal with the repercussions on project."

Several other tweets followed that sided with the Gen Z employee.

"So according to you, mental health is nothing," a user wrote while another commented, "That’s a perfect reason to declare leave. Business is business, will go on as will other things."


"Gen Z does things differently"


The man also clarified in one of the tweets that he didn't fire the Gen Z employee and even promoted him for his good work. He wrote, "Mate. No need to assume the worst. The guy is still in my team and has even been promoted for his good work. I was just stating how gen z’s are doing things differently."

While most users schooled the manager, there were some who supported him as well. A user wrote, "I'm a younger Millennial & I’m appalled by the lack of respect so many of my peers have for professors (I finished school late; many were ten years younger). It’s not much for older generations who GIVE these opportunities to expect a little bit of gratitude & deference."

In a similar incident, another company's manager's tweet went viral in which he shared a screenshot of how his Gen Z employee notified him that he will be on leave for a week. The short and crisp leave application email read, "I will be on leave till November 8, 2024. Bye."

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