A CEO of an unnamed company has come under fire for asking employees to donate their paid time off to a sick colleague. The boss sent round a memo to the employees explaining that said colleague had worked for them for many years and a lot of strain has come on their family from them being unwell for a sustained period of time.
However, one such employee who received this memo was not happy and decided to share it on Reddit where many agreed it was an unprofessional plea from the boss and that they should be the one to donate the time off.
In the memo which was sent, the boss wrote: "We have a long-term employee of 17 years from our dietary department who has been in the hospital and rehab for several months. She has exhausted all her paid time off days, and her benefits are running out. As you can imagine, this has been quite the drain on her family's income.
"If there is anyone who would like to donate one or more days of their paid time off, please let [management] know in writing of your intent. Thank you for your consideration."
However, the employee who shared the memo was far from impressed and not willing to donate their days off.
They simply stated: "Oh good God, oh my God."
In response to the memo, many commenting have had the same reaction as the employee and said the boss should not be asking this of them.
One person wrote: "Write a note, I think it would be a great idea for the CEO to donate his time as a symbol of our generosity, the time he donates will be matched collectively by all employees of the company."
Another stated: "I've never seen a CEO or manager take a pay hit or paid time off hit to help out an employee."
A third penned: "This is so wrong on so many levels. Just give the woman more paid time off."
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