Praise for intern working late sparks work culture debate

A woman named Aiswarya Sankar posted online that her intern stayed at work very late, even past midnight, to finish a task.

She thought it was great that he worked so hard.

However, many people online got upset.

They said this kind of praise makes it seem okay for employees to work too much and not have a good balance between work and their personal lives.

Some people worried the intern might not even be paid for all the extra hours he worked.

Aiswarya Sankar responded that she told the intern he could go home, but he chose to keep working because of his own strong work ethic.