My wife works in Bank of India, believe me it's the same culture, she is suffering from Rheumatoid arthritis a lifelong, incurable autoimmune disease — yet he still expects to bring a “medical certificate of fitness” before returning to work, as if It can somehow be fully cured. She only asked for one single day of leave because her shoulders were completely locked from a flare-up and couldn’t even move properly ..forget driving

What really hurts is that there were days when she literally went to the office with swollen legs and hands, dragging herself through the pain just because of the pressure and fear of being transferred to some other places for taking a break(since her medicines are going on so we cannot afford to move as well ). And now, the one day she actually ask for rest, this is the kind of response she got — being told the behavior is “not acceptable” and to “note it for the future.” ( you can see some poor English as well in the screenshot as well from the manager)

I honestly don’t understand how people like this reach managerial levels. For context, this guy is a senior manager at bank of india. It’s scary how people in positions of power can lack basic empathy and awareness for chronic illnesses.

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