Corporate Employee's Tweet Sparks Debate On Work-Life Balance Online

Following the overwhelming response to her first tweet, the employee posted a follow-up message expressing astonishment and sadness at how many individuals related to their situation

A corporate employee's candid reflections on the toll of modern work culture have resonated with numerous individuals online. The woman’s post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), encapsulating the exhaustion and lack of personal fulfilment felt by countless workers, has ignited extensive debate on social media regarding the trade-off between productivity and personal well-being.

In a now viral tweet, the employee captured the relentless grind of corporate life and wrote, “Corporate is literally taking 12 hours of my time in a day including travelling and all I do is come home and sleep. This is scary because it looks productive but it's like being a dead puppet with no hobbies or self love.”

In another tweet, she shared a detailed routine of her day and wrote, "I wake up at 6 in the morning, get ready and leave for the office by 7:30 so I can reach by 9:30, I leave office by 6 in the evening, sometimes 6:30, 7 of course, then I travel back home and reach by 9:15 something, then I eat food by 9:45/10, then I sleep by 11 because early morning."

Her initial tweet deeply resonated with many, highlighting the often-unseen toll of demanding work schedules. It paints a picture of a lifestyle where the distinction between productivity and personal time blurs, resulting in a robotic existence lacking hobbies, self-care, and personal development.

Following the overwhelming response to her first tweet, the employee posted a follow-up message expressing astonishment and sadness at how many individuals related to their situation. “For the first time in my life I'm sad about my tweet being a banger, I am sorry if you relate to this too, things will be better and we will find ourselves,” she wrote.

Her tweet got over 3 lakh views and several comments from the internet users. “It's very weird kind of toxicity I've noticed in corporate. Even the people who had hobbies slowly sip into the cycle of corporate and lose touch with everything they resonated with. And, it's addictive,” wrote one of the X users.

“That's true, that is why being financially independent is never actually about the money, it's about freedom, freedom of one's time. Achievement of financial independence through just a job is a bit of a difficult task,” added another user.

“One of the reasons why I left my previous job. But the reality is you gotta focus on yourself, build yourself. Don’t entirely depend on corporate to give you life you desire. Come up with ideas for side hustle - build that side hustle into something,” wrote a third user.