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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
National
Rana Sarkar

He was laid off despite meeting targets and forced to fight for severance package; 13 months later, his former CEO came asking for a favour

Many people dream of putting a difficult job behind them for good. But what would you do if, more than a year after being laid off, the company that let you go suddenly reached out asking for help?

That question sparked a lively discussion on Reddit after a former company director revealed that the CEO who had terminated his employment unexpectedly emailed him about an IT problem. The issue, according to the post, was that multi-factor authentication (MFA) for several important company email accounts was apparently still tied to the former employee’s personal phone number.

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