Chinese company Pangdonglai offers 10 days Unhappy Leaves to employee

Unhappy Leaves: People generally think that people working in private jobs get less leaves. In this busy life, many times it happens when the mood is not good and one has to go to office. Now a Chinese company has announced to give leave to its employees on days when they are feeling sad. South China Morning Post Report According to, China’s big retail company has announced this new policy for its employees. Its purpose is to create a balance between work and life.

The name of the company is- Pang Dong Lai whose founder and chairman is Yu Donglai. He has announced unhappy leaves for his employees. According to the report, employees who are feeling very unhappy will now be able to apply for 10 days leave. These ‘unhappy leaves’ are in addition to the 20 to 40 days of annual leave and weekoffs already offered to employees.

According to the report, Yu Donglai said that there comes a day in everyone’s life when he is not happy. So if you’re not happy, don’t come to work… Management cannot reject such leave. On the announcement of Unhappy Leaves, Donglai says that we do not want to become big. We want our employees to have a healthy and comfortable life.

A survey was conducted in China in 2021, in which more than 65 percent of the employees there said that they were tired or unhappy in the office. This step of Yu Donglai’s company is garnering praise among the people. People in other countries are also talking about this. China’s social media platform Weibo is full of praise for Donglai and his company.