India, June 26 -- An IIM Indore graduate is facing flak online after she refused to issue a salary slip to a short-term GenZ employee, sparking a wider debate around basic employee rights and professionalism in the workplace.

An MBA alumna and entrepreneur, took to LinkedIn to share a screenshot of a WhatsApp message from a former employee who had worked for about 15-17 days and requested a salary slip for academic documentation.

"You know it's 2025 when someone joins, leaves in 20 days, and still asks for a salary slip like they completed financial year closing," she wrote in the post. "We still paid, because work deserves reward. But some formalities? You gotta stick around a little longer for those."

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