'Heartless' | Worker says they were sacked after asking for time off when their mum died

A company is facing the wrath of the internet after allegedly firing an employee who requested extra time off after his mother died.

Koroseal is the company at the centre of the controversy, which has grown so strong that the firm deactivated its social media accounts following a barrage of negative attention.

According to a Reddit post, a worker at the U.S. business, which creates wall coverings, reported he had taken three days of bereavement leave after his mum passed away. Not surprisingly, the brief absence was nowhere near long enough for the employee to process the traumatic situation.

The ex-employee wrote: "[I] was given 3 bereavement leave days to travel all the way to Florida, bury my mom and hurry back home - no time to rest, grieve, anything.