India, Dec. 22 -- A post by an IIT graduate working in the US has gone viral on workplace-anonymous forum Blind, after he shared an unusual problem: his mother calling his manager to "check in" on him and even set "life KPIs". In the post titled "My mum called my manager," the user described how a "tiny, harmless issue" at work spiralled after his mother escalated it by directly contacting his manager.

"i'm an iit grad in the us and somehow still not free. had a tiny, harmless issue at work and my mom escalated it by calling my manager. now she calls him regularly to 'check in' on me like it's a standup," the anonymous user shared.

He further said that his mother also asked his manager to set "life KPIs" for him. "She's asking him to se...