EMPLOYEE QUITS START-UP AFTER 9 DAYS OF JOINING

By Anshika Khera

An Indian developer landed a remote DevOps job at a small startup only to resign nine days later for a Multi National corporation . The developer shared their experience in a Reddit post titled, “I have resigned within 9 days after joining a remote Devops role – 14 lpa”, which has since gone viral.

“Guys, life is wild sometimes. I was jobless for four months, applying everywhere, facing rejection after rejection. Finally cracked a DevOps role in a small startup (around 80 people, only 10 Indians). I joined just 9 days ago thinking I would have some stability finally,” the user wrote in the r/developersIndia subreddit.

The user added that the MNC offered him a 15 LPA package, which would have resulted in a few thousand rupees extra per month, which hardly made a difference, but the pull of the job made him reconsider the switch. “The main pull is: It’s a proper MNC with stability and better product. Software Engineer tag (I was earlier in DevOps). Work-life balance is way better. Bangalore location (currently remote). Hybrid role: 2 days a week.”

The user said they were feeling ‘weird’ and ‘overwhelmed’, having quit only nine days into the new job, especially when they struggled so much during the jobless phase.

“Hopefully this time it’s long-term and I can settle without this constant job switch stress.I have stopped applying, honestly, I am tired of interviewing and studying after I have appeared for at least 30 interviews. So I needed peace, I feel this will be it, I wanna stay here for minimum 1.5-2 years.”