Firm Fires Employee in 20 Days Over Tea Breaks and Leaving Work on Time
“Don’t Come to Office From Tomorrow”: 120 Employees Laid Off, Families Face Uncertain Future
Reddit has turned into a go-to place for workers to talk about their job challenges, share their office experiences, and voice their concerns about the workplace. Many subreddits have popped up where employees can anonymously tell their stories, ask for advice, and connect with others facing similar issues. Recently, a Reddit user shared a strange experience he had at his job, where he was let go just 20 days after starting. The employee, who was with a startup in Gurugram, mentioned that from the start, he was accused of having an “attitude problem” and not being “down to earth.”
He said, “I didn’t get it, but I told them I’d work on my attitude, even though I didn’t really understand what they meant.” Things got weirder when his boss reportedly had a problem with him and two other new hires taking tea breaks together, telling them, “Don’t form groups; it’s not good for the company.”
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Eventually, the Redditor recalled being told by his boss that there were issues with him leaving exactly at 7 PM, saying, “You’re leaving right at 7; that’s not good.”
On the 20th day of his job, the employee mentioned that things had reached a breaking point. He was instructed to work from the director’s cabin instead of his usual desk. He expressed his confusion in a post, saying, “Dude, who works like that in a cabin all day with your director?”
Later that day, around 7 pm, when the employee casually looked outside the cabin to see if his colleagues were still around for their usual tea break, the director reportedly became upset. He wrote that the director suddenly got angry and said, “Why are you looking outside? I’m talking here, this and that,” and then asked HR to terminate him immediately.
The Redditor posted this a few days ago, and it has sparked an online discussion, with many people saying that the employer’s behavior was unreasonable.
One user wrote, “It’s great that you left the place. That’s called a toxic work environment.” Another commented, “Be happy that you got fired from that place. Look for a better place. Don’t take this to heart.”
A third user expressed, “Good riddance bro. You dodged a bullet there.”
“This used to happen in school when we were sent to the principal’s room to improve. Can you not see how toxic that culture is? Let me clarify once and for all: Leaving on time does NOT mean you’re a bad employee. It means that you’re efficient and you finished your work on time. Being overworked and staying late in office is NOT a badge of honour It’s toxic and bad for your mental health. If it’s encouraged by your boss, it means your boss has BAD management skills. You’ve saved yourself some years of trauma and trauma bonding with colleagues,” wrote one user.
One user said, Bakwas log hain bhai seriously.” (These people are ridiculous, seriously)
While some found the situation funny, others felt sorry for the employee, pointing out that toxic work environments are more prevalent than many people think.
