Trending: A company demanding employees for Diwali contributions sparks outrage

A corporate office’s demand for a ₹1,200 contribution from employees for a Diwali party sparks reactions from netizens.

Diwali is just around the corner, and it will be celebrated on October 20, 2025. The 5-day festival, which takes place from October 18 to October 22 this year, is synonymous with lights, diyas, parties, sweets, and corporate offices hosting Diwali events for their employees. However, a Reddit post showing management asking employees for Diwali contributions has gone viral.

Company demanding Diwali contributions from employees sparks outrage.

A post on Reddit has gone viral on the internet, where a company has demanded ₹1,200 from its employees as a Diwali contribution. The WhatsApp message that was posted on Reddit has been widely shared on the internet. The WhatsApp message states that 100% attendance is necessary for bosses and their teams on Diwali party day. It further mentions that managers need to collect ₹1,200 from their team members, and the leads shall contribute ₹2,000. The caption read, “Imagine asking money from your employees to give a boring party, and the venue is bad too.” The post was titled, “This is embarrassing for a company.”

Watch the viral post here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianWorkplace/comments/1o0mxp0/this_is_embarrassing_for_a_company/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=whitespace&embed_host_url=https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/employees-asked-to-pay-rs-1-200-for-mandatory-diwali-bash-internet-reacts-9416652

Netizens react to the viral post.

The post garnered a wave of reactions and thousands of upvotes. One user asked, “What if some employees don’t want to attend the party and would be absent or at home and what about non alcoholic employees?” Another reacted, “In my previous company, my manager used to play Foosball with me and my colleagues and then would go for a meeting and come back to see us playing still and join us again.” A third user wrote, “Good companies will always sponsor travel, food and venue but never booze. It’s always BYOB for booze in good companies. And unprofessional ones do the opposite. Why? Because they’re treating the booze as a bribe.” One more commented, “This is becoming a norm nowadays. If it is an official event, the company should be paying, not force employees to spend on it. If you say you can’t attend due to personal reasons, they’d shamelessly ask you to contribute even if you aren’t going, as it is a team event.”