Gen Z, who are famous for traits like honesty, being on point, and many others, do not hesitate to speak their minds. And none other than a Gen Z can be so straightforward in emailing the actual reason for taking a leave. One such incident has surfaced on social media, which has stormed the internet, wherein a Gen Z employee wrote an honest reason in his leave application to his boss.
The employee sent a leave application email, which was surprisingly approved even after it clearly mentioned “breakup” as the reason.
October 28, 2025
Jasveer Singh, CEO and co-founder of a social media platform, KnotDating, shared a leave request from a Gen Z employee on October 28, and called it the “most honest leave application”. In his X post, Singh wrote that the Gen Z employee requested a week-long

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