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Mumbai Techie Laid Off on Birthday Amidst Company's India Team Dependency Shift
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News18•01-10-2026, 11:15
Mumbai Techie Laid Off on Birthday Amidst Company's India Team Dependency Shift
- •A Mumbai-based software professional was laid off on their birthday, sharing the experience on Reddit.
- •The techie was among eight employees affected as the company reduces its reliance on its India-based technology team.
- •Despite being heavily involved in multiple key projects, the layoff came as a surprise to the employee.
- •The techie, with 5 years of experience in React, Node.js, AWS, and other technologies, is now preparing for new opportunities and working on a personal project.
- •The Reddit post garnered significant support, with fellow developers offering encouragement, job referrals, and advice.
Key Questions Answered
The Mumbai-based techie was laid off alongside seven others because their company is slowly ending its dependency on the India-based technology team.
The full-stack engineer has five years of experience working with React, Node.js, React Native, AWS, and SQL, and was handling an AI avatar project with Pinecone and LiveGen before being laid off.
Fellow developers offered encouragement, job referrals for companies like Amazon and NatWest UK bank, and advice not to take the unexpected layoff to heart.
