How does it feel to get fired from your job suddenly?
I came across this question on an online forum. Here is a candid response to this question from Anon . Going anonymous for obvious reasons. I have worked in the Indian IT industry in India from 1986. In India, as most Indians know, the concept of “hiring & firing” did not exist - at least not in those times till as late the turn of the century. You were fired only if you were found dishonest, cheating, criminal, involved in physical violence - in or out of office, etc. I started out as any fresher and rose steadily. In 2014, I faced the bomb. My employer lost a few contracts and our group faced problems. One day, my manager, who came down from US, called me and said that I (me) was not getting new business. He said that he was not firing me but “I need to pull up my socks”. I felt pretty weird. I was not dealing with the clients’ business end. As a delivery manager sitting in India, I had no access to the CEO organization that generates new business. The cli