India, Dec. 11 -- A Reddit post describing a manager's alleged attempts to pressure an employee into unpaid overtime and control his personal life has sparked a discussion online, with many users sharing similar experiences and offering advice on setting boundaries at work.

In the post titled "My manager expects unpaid overtime, controls my personal life, and told me I'm 'too young to have a life' while HR says he's wrong but cannot move me yet", the employee wrote that his manager routinely pushed him to work beyond her 8-hour shift without pay, despite him meeting deadlines and completing all assigned tasks within office hours.

"He is convinced my performance is slipping because I do not put in unpaid extra hours. There has been no fo...