Her Coworker Tried To Call Her Out For Leaving The Office Earlier Than Everyone Else, So She Basically Said That She Has A Life Outside Of Work Unlike Him
This 25-year-old woman just started working at a new office as a junior web developer, and her work day begins at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 6:00 p.m. So, once the clock strikes 6:00 p.m., she always starts to pack up her things.
Sure, she knows that other employees in her office do work later– until about 7:00 p.m. But they choose to do that.
She, on the other hand, likes to leave once her contracted hours are up– even if she’s the first person to head home.
“Most of them are still working while I leave, and yes, I do feel a bit guilty about it,” she admitted.
Just yesterday, though, one of her older male colleagues confronted her and tried to rag on her for going home at 6:00 p.m.
It all began when she went to leave, and her coworker asked her to stay later. At that point, she told him that it was already closing time and her shift had ended. So, she was honest about wanting to go home.
But, rather than understanding that, her coworker asked her why she always left before everyone else in the office. Then, he even lectured her about “not having a work ethic.”
“He said I should stay loyal to my company and work more so that people will take me seriously,” she added.
Now, she tried to tell her coworker that even though she always leaves work on time, she is never late to work. Plus, 6:00 p.m. is her office’s official closing time, so she is not legally obligated to work any later than that.
Rido – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Regardless, her coworker kept saying that by leaving early, she was not making a good impression at the office– regardless of when the office closes.
He didn’t stop there, either. In fact, he went on to accuse her of being unprofessional and even made some discriminatory comments about women, like, “Women do not know how hard it is in corporate. They have no work ethic.”
Since her coworker was also on the older side, he made remarks about the younger generations, too, claiming that “nobody” in her generation is loyal to their job “these days.”
Those comments were her final straw, and she decided to finally clap back at her coworker by dragging his seeming lack of work-life balance.
“Well, I am sorry that some people hate their home so much that they would rather rot in their cubicles than go home. Unlike ‘some,’ I have a life outside of work,” she told her coworker. Yikes!
This made him extremely angry, too, and he wound up going around the office and telling people that the office’s “new hire” had a serious case of “Gen Z entitlement.”
In hindsight, she realizes that what she said to her coworker might have been a bit harsh.
“But was I wrong? I mean, it seems stupid to stay beyond 6:00 p.m. unless there is some work emergency,” she vented.
Still, ever since the awkward interaction with her coworker, she can’t help but wonder if calling him out for not having a life outside of work really was a jerky move.
Why do you think her coworker felt inclined to call her out for leaving work? Is it true that she’s not obligated to stay at the office past closing time? Do you think she did the right thing by clapping back at him? How would you have reacted?
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