Overview
- The employee asked for a day off on December 16 to spend time with his girlfriend before her December 17 departure to Uttarakhand, with a return expected in early January.
- Khuller approved the request on LinkedIn, writing, “Can’t say no to love, can we? Leave approved!”
- He contrasted the openness with a decade of last-minute “sick leave” messages and said times are changing.
- The post drew heavy engagement on LinkedIn, with many praising empathetic management and others questioning why personal leave needs justification.
- Coverage frames the episode as a snapshot of evolving work-life balance norms, with no reported policy changes or disciplinary actions.