Gurugram Startup Nightmare – Employee Fired After Just 20 Days For Tea And Smoke Breaks News24 –

A shocking story of a man being fired just 20 days into his new job at a startup in Gurugram (Haryana) has gone viral on Reddit. The employee shared his experience, leaving many people stunned by the employer’s unusual actions. In the Reddit post, the employee alleged that from the day of joining, his employer criticized him for having a supposed “attitude problem” and not being humble enough, despite the employee being unaware of any specific reasons for these accusations.

“So I joined this startup in Gurgaon and on the third day my employer tells me I’m not down to earth, I have an attitude problem and this way we can’t work together. I didn’t understand still I said I don’t attitude, I’ll work on it, although I did not even understand why he was saying that. Me and other 2 joinees used to go for tea and smoke together sometimes, so he started having problems with that now,” the employee wrote on Reddit.

Gurugram Startup Nightmare: Reason Will Shock You

Things took a hilarious turn when the employer apparently took issue with the employee and two other colleagues taking tea breaks together. The employee claimed he was warned, “Don’t create groups, it’s not good for the company etc,” which seemed unusual concern to him. “After some time he started having problems with me leaving on time 7 pm. You are leaving exactly at 7, this is not good etc.,” the employee further added in his Reddit post.

The employee claimed that this all happened within the first 15 days of his joining. “On the 20th day around the director or owner asked to work from his cabin instead of my desk and said for some days you’ll be working here only. Dude who works like that in a cabin all day with your director. I still agreed, but at 7 pm I was looking out of the cabin to see if one the colleague I made recently a friend has left or not for our day end Sutta and the director suddenly got frustrated and said why you looking outside I’m talking here this that and asked the HR to terminate me immediately,” said the employee.

The employee said that another new employee was also fired on the same day from the company.

Internet Reacts

The post ignited a heated online discussion, with many people criticizing the employer’s irrational behavior. One user said, “Bakwas log hain bhai seriously”, while the another said, “Good riddance to bad rubbish.”

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