India, Feb. 7 -- New parents often take time to adjust to life with a newborn, learning new routines and coping with sleepless nights, but recently, a man opened up about how his time was cut short.

In a Reddit post that has sparked strong reactions online, a man described how his company limits paternity leave to just one week for employees working with clients.

"One week of paternity leave is a joke. I'm beyond frustrated," the caption of the post reads.

According to the post, the company policy offers one month of paternity leave, but the client's calendar reduced it to seven days.

The father explained that most of this short leave is already used up by hospital stays and discharge formalities.

"By the time you're actually home wi...