The female employee wanted to ask for leave because her grandmother was dying, but she was harassed by human resources. (Schematic/Piqsels)
There is sometimes a fine line between sticking to the rules and deliberately making things difficult. A female employee in Hangzhou, mainland China asked the company for leave because her grandmother was critically ill, but HR asked her to prove that “the critically ill grandmother is your grandmother”, and she had to show detailed information such as a transcript of her household registration before granting leave. She was so angry that the female employee left and reported this matter.
According to Lu media reports, the woman surnamed Zhang, who has resigned, said that she received a phone call that her grandmother was critically ill at work a few days ago. She immediately reported the situation and asked for leave to the team leader, and gave the “critical illness notice” to the human resources on the same day as the team leader requested. How do you know? She was already at the airport preparing to take a flight, and HR actually summoned her to “prove that my grandma is my grandma”.
Human resources successively asked her to provide her grandmother’s ID card, household registration transcript and other materials to prove that “the critically ill grandmother is your own grandmother”, and also threatened Zhang Nv, who reported that the information request was too difficult, “I ask for leave without authorization with false reasons, and I will disclose it to the whole company. Announcement of criticism”, “You took too much leave so suddenly, and complained to the team, I need to understand the situation”, and even asked Zhang Nu to come back and stay at her post at one point.
This made Zhang Nv go straight back: “Am I joking that my family members are critically ill as a reason to ask for leave?”, “I hope that one day when your relatives are critically ill, your company will not let you take leave, and I hope you can stick to your post. ” and then announced his resignation. The angry HR directly kicked Nv Zhang out of the company group, and then did not even tell her the progress of resignation and handover procedures, which made Nv Zhang who was still in the hospital angry and dumbfounded.
After Zhang Nv released the screenshots of the whole process, netizens in mainland China scolded the company harshly. Unexpectedly, the company said followingward that “the company has not received relevant notices, and the relationship between the company’s employees is very good.” This company is regarding to go bankrupt, and the HR husband (wife) is regarding to cheat!”
