A Man Finally Got Fired From His Job After Being Away On Leave For 24 Years

Well, it was 24 years well spent.

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Question: How many days of leave do you get annually if you're working? 14 days? 18? 21?

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Whatever your answer is, you can't top A.K Verma, an Indian national who was on leave for 24 years from his engineering job. He hasn't shown up for work since December 1990, the exact month which this writer was born in.

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It took over 22 years for the paperwork to be processed for Verma's dismissal thanks to the Indian government's inaction and Verma's non-cooperation

It took over 22 years for Verma to be dismissed. Picture for illustration purposes only.

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To put things into perspective, let's list down a few major milestones that happened in these 25 years. Firstly, Malaysia went through 3 Prime Ministers since 1990.

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The entire globe went through 7 World Cups with Germany winning the latest one…

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And the iPhone was launched 8 years ago in 2007 and changed the mobile phone industry. You get the drift… It has been a long time.

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India is finally getting tough on their civil servants thanks to India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has been making surprise checks so much so that the once full golf course is now surprisingly empty on weekdays since he came to power.

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Golf courses in Dehli are now largely deserted on weekdays.

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Well for A.K Verma, we do hope he finds a new job soon…

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