Sleeping issues | Worker sent home for 'napping' says he was closing eyes to 'solve a problem' - is employee rest an HR issue?

An employee claims he was wrongfully sent home from work after being accused of sleeping on the job whilst closing his eyes to “figure out a complicated issue.”

In a Reddit post on the thread ‘antiwork’, the disappointed employee explains that that he was sent home from work for sleeping but was “actually just reclined back in (his) chair, eyes closed, (and) trying to figure out a complicated issue.”

The employee insists in the post that despite being “a little tired” and being on “medications that could make him drowsy” he had made himself three cups of coffee and “was fine”.

He went on to explain that he had a work problem he needed to solve and so closed his eyes to contemplate this issue. When a colleague threw an object at him to get his attention but “didn’t get the reaction” she wanted, she told their operations manager. This led to the Reddit user getting sent home, and later crafting the social media post.