New Delhi, May 23 -- Social media is often flooded with stories about candidates dissatisfied with their salary hikes. However, a startup founder is receiving massive applause for offering an engineering candidate a significantly higher salary than what he had requested, as the company chose to stick to its pre-approved budget.

In a video that has now gone viral, the founder shared that the candidate, who was earning Rs.30,000, had asked for a modest increase of Rs.5,000, taking his expected salary to Rs.35,000. However, the company offered him Rs.50,000 instead.

"Candidate asked for 35k/month, but we offered 50k/month because for that role we have approved 50k," the founder wrote on Instagram while sharing the video on the company's pa...