India, July 19 -- A 31-year-old man was left stunned after apparently discovering that he had lost his job while he was on holiday. What made the situation even more unsettling was that he did not learn about it through a formal conversation with his employer, but through an automated reply from his own work email account.

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Sharing his experience on Reddit, the man said he had sent an email from his personal account to his work address after remembering something related to a project. He wanted the email to serve as a reminder when he returned to work.

"Hi everyone, I am 31 and am pretty sure I just found out I was laid off. I am on vacati...