“Start-up scam. I got saved”, Says A Reddit User About His 1-day Employment
“Start-up scam. I got saved", Says A Reddit User About His 1-day Employment
A Reddit user has shared a viral post on his employment that has lasted merely for a day. The post has gone viral.
A Reddit user recently recounted their distressing experience of joining and quickly leaving a digital market startup in Noida. In a post titled “Start-up scam. I got saved,” they revealed the company’s unethical practices and toxic workplace culture.
“So I joined a digital marketing company on 7th Oct and worked only for 1 day and called HR the next day to tell her that I’m not coming anymore. I was assigned a business development executive post, but the work they gave me on the first day was 500 numbers to cold call, and decided to change my work hours from 14:00 – 23:00 to 7 pm to 4 am. I regretted after leaving that job coz I wanted to have a corporate experience and I was not getting a job easily, tho, I was earning and working as a freelancer,” says the post.
A recent post on Reddit has resonated with a lot of people. In the comments, numerous users have shared their personal experiences of narrowly escaping similar exploitative workplaces.
Several comments appeared below the post. “We really need strict labor laws, companies like these need to be punished for exploiting innocent people. I am really glad that it didn’t happen with you,” says one comment. While replying to a comment the Redditor has shared further details about the organization, “Is it allowed to share the company name? Also, I don’t trust anyone. Also, I don’t know if that TL was right or not but he was looking for some help in the labour commissioner’s office so I think he was right. The address of the office is: B-70, third floor, B block, sector 64 Noida.
The user shared that several weeks after resigning, they received an unexpected call from their former Team Leader, who surprisingly praised them for their decision to leave the job early.
The Team Leader disclosed that the company had unfairly withheld their salary due to their inability to achieve an unrealistic goal of generating $1,500 in revenue during their first month. To complicate the situation further, the company had only one client, who contributed a mere $300 to the overall revenue.
