Indian manager asks employees to work on weekends or stay late; netizens miffed

An Indian manager asked employees to work on Saturday and Sunday or extend their work day by two hours during the week. Netizens were miffed and slammed the manager. Read more here!

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Varsha Sara Babuji | Updated on: Aug 05, 2025 | 03:41 PM

New Delhi: An Indian manager's WhatsApp messages to employees annoyed many netizens. The manager asked them to work on weekends or do extra hours during the week. The incident came to light after an employee's friend posted a screenshot of the WhatsApp chat on Reddit.

Indian manager demands employees work on weekends; here's how netizens responded

In the post, the Redditor stated, "This screenshot is from my friend’s WhatsApp group - the last msg is from her manager apparently having the audacity to normalise working on weekends." As per the visible WhatsApp text, the Redditor's friend told the manager that she was unable to log in to work on Saturday and Sunday. Another employee also informed the same. Responding to the messages in the group chat, the manager wrote, "This is not going to work, we need to plan something else, I will address the complete team on Monday, either we have to report to office on Saturday and Sundays for complete 8 hours or need to extend the shift on a daily basis for 2 hours for next three weeks...Guys, kindly prepare your mindset and come to work on Monday."

The manager's response enraged many on Reddit. Netizens were quick to slam the manager's attitude. One wrote, "Absolutely do not work a second on the weekend unless it’s your own fault for not being able to in the week. Very slippery slope. Pretty sure none of us gets paid overtime for that.” A second individual commented, "Teams is documented. When they make requests like this, they don’t want evidence. If someone goes to court, they can say it was a rogue manager. But on Teams, every message is logged; they can’t do that.” They claimed it was unnecessary to work without getting paid, no matter who demanded it. However, some stated that exceptions can be made if it is an emergency situation.