India, Oct. 29 -- A man who joined a Bengaluru-based AI startup as an intern to restart his career after a gap has alleged that he was overworked, sidelined and left burnt out within months of joining. In a Reddit post titled "My 'first start' in an Indian startup turned into a nightmare," the anonymous user described how the role he hoped would be his stepping stone back into the workforce instead became an exhausting and demoralising experience.

In the post, the man, without naming the company, said that the internship began normally, with a small team of one manager, two full-time associates and four interns handling data analysis tasks. But within the first two weeks, he claimed he began taking on a large share of the workload after ...