India, July 21 -- An Indian woman living in the US has shared how she was laid off just months after joining a startup, and before she ever received the formal offer letter confirming her full-time role.

In an Instagram video, Ruchika Jain recalled the moment she lost her job. "Imagine you just turn on your computer, you get a call from your boss, and you get laid off, and aapke saare account are disabled by Google Workspace. Man, it's been six months for me that I've started my job here in the United States. It's my first ever job, and I got laid off," she said.

Jain said that she had joined the startup as a Social Media Growth Manager and was excited to begin her first job in the US. She shared that despite completing her 3-month prob...