Company accidentally marks wrong holiday on calendar, then owns up in an unusual way

A company let staff keep a wrongly announced festival holiday after an HR error. The move drew praise online for prioritising employees over a last-minute reversal.Company accidentally marks wrong holiday on calendar, then owns up in an unusual way (Photo: Representational Image from Pexels)An employee was pleasantly surprised after their company's HR team accidentally marked the wrong date as a public holiday but chose not to cancel the day off once the mistake came to light, earning praise online for putting employees first.The story was shared on Reddit's r/IndianWorkplace forum in a post titled, "My company's HR team accidentally marked the wrong date as a public holiday on our internal calendar."In the post, the employee explained that the company's internal holiday calendar had listed the wrong date for an upcoming festival. By the time HR realised the error, many employees had already made plans around the scheduled day off.However, instead of reversing the decision at the last minute and asking everyone to report to work, the company decided to honour the mistakenly announced holiday. As a result, the originally intended festival date would now be treated as a regular working day.The employee admitted they had fully expected HR to withdraw the holiday after spotting the mistake. Instead, they were pleasantly surprised by the company's decision, saying it reflected positively on the leadership's approach. Summing up the incident, they wrote that HR had owned up to its error rather than inconveniencing employees who had already planned their day.Take a look at the post here:The post, however, triggered an intense discussion online. While some users argued that the company should have gone a step further and declared both days as holidays, others felt the decision was refreshingly employee-friendly.Several said most workplaces would have cancelled the leave with a last-minute announcement, forcing employees to change their plans.Others praised the leadership for taking responsibility for its own mistake instead of passing the inconvenience on to staff, adding that such gestures help build trust and employee morale.- EndsPublished By: Yashna TalwarPublished On: Aug 5, 2026 18:07 IST