A Bengaluru-based tech professional’s emotional plea for a month of remote work has ignited a storm online, highlighting the widening gap between corporate policies and basic empathy.

According to a viral Reddit post, the employee requested work-from-home after her mother and brother met with a scooter accident. While both survived without life-threatening injuries, her mother suffered fractures that left her temporarily immobile and dependent on care.

To support her request, the woman submitted MRI scans, medical reports, and a police document, yet her employer rejected the appeal, citing ‘low bandwidth’ in the team.

Insensitive Policies Add to Employee Distress

The situation worsened when the woman’s brother, also injured in the crash, was reportedly granted only two days of leave be

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