'Difficult decision of letting most Indian workforce go': US based company fires Indian employees over four minute video call; no reasons, no questions

WASHINGTON: The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a US-based company fired an Indian employee without any warning. The woman, who was working from home, was informed that she was fired during a virtual meeting. The woman shared a post on Reddit that said that the company “made the difficult decision of letting most of their Indian workforce go”, and it has now gone viral.

"It was literally like any other day. I logged into work at 9 and saw a calendar invite for 11. It was a mandatory meeting with our COO for all India employees. I joined it at 11, he joined at 11:01, disabled everyone’s cameras and mics, casually let us know that they had “made the difficult decision of letting most of their Indian work force go” and that “it wasn’t a performance based assessment but just due to internal organisational restructuring”.- The Reddit post read.

The lady says that the COO said all this and left the meeting at 11:04, with everyone shocked, stunned, frustrated, and stressed. She said the company promised to pay her full salary for October by the end of the month, and any leaves would be encashed.

The post has sparked a debate on social media. Many users have expressed their grief and offered job offers. Meanwhile, the cyber world is shocked by the action taken against Indian employees without a valid reason.