Overview
- Entrepreneur Aditya Kondawar shared on X that an IT employee was scolded by a German manager for replying to a weekend email after moving from India.
- The same employee reportedly had managers in India who encouraged 24x7 availability, including weekend work, according to the post.
- Kondawar noted the contrast occurred within the same company across locations, describing the work cultures as "poles apart."
- Hindustan Times, Financial Express, and India Today reported the anecdote on March 10, highlighting a wider discussion about work-life balance norms.
- Coverage and commenters praised European practices that discourage after-hours emails, while no employer statement or policy change was reported.