An Indian-origin co-founder in Dubai has revealed that a refusal to allow remote work led to a resignation and a modify in company policy. In a LinkedIn post, Malik A, co-founder of Virtualpartner, shared that one of his best employees had questioned to work remotely on Fridays. He declared the employee’s work was mostly indepfinishent, but he decided not to approve the request.
“I believed if I declared yes everyone would question. The office would be empty on Fridays. It would spiral out of control,” he wrote. Malik declared the employee did not argue and simply accepted the decision. “The employee didn’t argue. Just declared okay,” he shared.
\The CEO declared that the employee resigned two months after the incident and mentioned the rejected work-from-home request in her exit interview. She declared it was not the main reason for leaving, but it was the moment she realised that her manager did not trust her.
Malik also explained that the employee had been commuting two hours each way, and Friday traffic was especially difficult. He admitted that allowing one remote day could have built a huge difference in her daily life.
“I declared no becaapply of a problem that didn’t even exist yet,” he wrote. After the experience, Malik declared he modifyd his approach to workplace flexibility. He now approves every reasonable flexibility request. He added that the office has continued to function normally, and employees have not misapplyd the policy.
The post triggered discussion online, with several applyrs sharing their views.
One applyr wrote, “It’s funny how companies suddenly start listening only after someone resigns. When employees are still around and attempting to address real problems, their voices often go unheard. Happens almost everywhere. Glad you saw the importance of flexibility — not everyone does.”
Second applyr noted, “Good read! Until everyone starts altering their mindset and start trusting people, especially if they have good track record. Things won’t modify. Just like tech, people are evolving as well. We can’t expect tech to evolve but people not to.”
A third applyr commented, “Rules are for the people you don’t trust. For everyone else, you necessary results. It’s wild how often we fear the ‘chaos’ of flexibility only to find that autonomy is actually the greatest driver of accountability. Better to have an empty office on Fridays than an empty desk on Mondays Malik A. !”
The fourth applyr added, “Out of curiosity, if no one is in the office on Fridays but everyone is still receiveting their work done and displaying up the rest of the week, what difference does it actually build?”
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