India, July 27 -- An Indian man has called out the "outdated mindset" at Indian workplaces, where employees pretend to work long after they've finished their tasks just because their manager hasn't logged off yet.

According to a Reddit post, the man claimed that his friend works in a mid-sized IT company, where the team usually wraps up by 6.30 PM. But nobody leaves for hours after because their manager typically stays online until 8 PM, and the employees feel the pressure to "look busy" until then.

"People literally just scroll through Instagram, keep half-heartedly typing, or pretend to be busy. No one wants to be seen leaving 'early' while the boss is still around," he said.

The post sparked a wave of reaction from fellow Indian pro...