u/nobrainer0000

Got a termination email yesterday. First thing I did was text the founder, the person I reported to every single day for 5 weeks.

He had no idea.

Hadn't received the email. Wasn't CC'd. Hadn't been consulted. The person who signed my appointment letter found out his employee was fired because that employee texted him.

His response: "What?? I haven't received any email."

The termination cited performance issues. My manager, again, the person I reported to daily, acknowledged in writing that my work was fine and improving.

The email said my last working day was yesterday. I have timestamped messages from 11 minutes before the termination email proving I was working at the time it was sent.

I'm 18. This was my 4th corporate job. 5 weeks in, no warnings, no reviews, no feedback, nothing in writing at any point.

When I asked whether I was even registered as an employee with the government, the answer was "I will just check and revert."

Payslips. Employee ID. 5 weeks of daily EOD reports CC'd to HR. And nobody knew if I was legally registered.

16 days salary unpaid. No relieving letter.

Labour Commissioner complaint goes in this week. Just documenting this somewhere so other young people joining early stage startups know what to verify before their first month ends.

Yesteday at 2:47 PM I received a termination email citing poor performance and reporting discipline issues.

At 2:36 PM, 11 minutes before that email, I was messaging the founder about work tasks.

The termination email said my last working day was yesterday.

I had never received a single warning. No performance review. No improvement plan. Not one written communication about any dissatisfaction before this.

When I reached out to the founder who hired me, they had no idea I'd been fired. They hadn't received the termination email either.

I then asked a simple question: was I even registered as an employee with the government? The response: "I will just check and revert."

Five weeks. Payslips. An employee ID. And nobody internally knew if I existed on paper.

16 days salary unpaid. No relieving letter. No FnF.

Filing with the Labour Commissioner this week. Just wanted to put this somewhere.

Joined this startup company last month. WFH role, signed appointment letter, employee ID, the works. Felt legitimate. I was probably their first employee.

5 weeks in, no warnings, no performance reviews, no feedback of any kind, I get a termination email. Sent at 2:47 PM. The email said my last working day was "yesterday."

I had WhatsApp messages with the founder from 11 minutes before that email proving I was actively working that day.

The founder who hired me and signed my appointment letter had no idea I'd been fired. Found that out when I texted him. Their exact words: "What?? I haven't received any email."

Then came the part that really got me. When I asked whether I was even registered as an employee with the government, the response was "I will just check and revert."

I was 5 weeks in. Had an employee ID. Had payslips. And nobody knew if I was legally registered.

Salary for my last 16 days, still unpaid, no relieving letter provided yet.

Will do a formal complaint to the labour commr and authorities of my state with labour law activisits under observation.

Reason for termination "As previously communicated by the HR Department regarding concerns related to performance, consistency, reporting discipline, and sales output, improvement was expected from your end during the review period. However, despite prior communication and internal review, the required improvement and expected business performance have not been observed."

Which is false, they probably have no money to pay my salary, my performace was good, the founder I was reporting to didn't have any problem.