India, March 26 -- An employee shared a post on Reddit confessing how his habit of doomscrolling at night led him to lose his high-paying job. In his post, the man labelled himself as an "idiot". He added that he understands his mistake and the pain of losing his dream job is "really getting to him emotionally".

"Got fired because I'm an idiot. After a year of applying daily to tons of jobs l landed a high paying remote job, it was everything l wanted, long story short l would stay up late texting and scrolling like an idiot that l am that some days l would sleep in, maybe 10-15 mins max but this happened a few times," the Reddit user wrote.

He stated that his manager noticed and asked him to tell the truth but he lied and mentioned "te...