This Trending Post Reveals Why Professionalism Is Extremely Important At Workplace

In India, the corporate culture is largely based on a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of the organisation. After working at an organisation for a certain amount of time, bosses and employees often form a comfortable relationship with each other. But sometimes, this sense of comfort and familiarity can hinder the growth of an employee. Highlighting a similar issue, a user named Siddharth shared a post on microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) where his cousin’s emotions were manipulated by his employer after he decided to quit the job almost a decade later. His post has sparked a viral discussion among users.

Siddharth has claimed that employers form unnecessary family ties and connections with their employees so that they don’t have to pay them for their overtime and extra work. In his post, he shared that his cousin’s brother was stopped by his boss from leaving by saying, “I treated you like a brother.” He also called out the bosses in the post, saying that the corporate culture in India still has the ‘Uncle’ and ‘Bhaiya’ thing, which exploits workers at the workplace. He added that workers are fooled by this emotional manipulation and don’t hike their salaries. He wrote, “Professionalism is extremely important when you have a job. No didi or bhaiya. The company will never belong to you. It’s just a trap.”

Siddharth, in his post, also shared a personal anecdote where he signed a construction contract with a person, and the contractor immediately said, “We are like brothers from today.” In response to this, Siddharth told him that they would be brothers once the contract was completed. Until then, it will be a professional relationship, as money is involved.

When the post was uploaded on X, it immediately went viral, and many people started agreeing with his point of view. Many of the users went to the comment section and shared their experiences as well. One of the users wrote, ““The amount of risk an employer takes is greater than an employee’s. It’s very naive to think they will give an equal or fair share of the profits. Employee class needs to be very clear and should always look for opportunities that benefit them rather than falling for the “we are a family” trap.”

Another user wrote, “I couldn’t have said it better. Completely agree to it.”

So far, the post has gotten 43.9K views on X.