India, May 31 -- Nearly a year after being laid off, a former director was surprised to receive an email from their ex-company's CEO asking for help. This sudden communication has stirred old frustrations in the employee, and a post about it has raised eyebrows online.

"The company that laid me off last summer reached out," the employee wrote, adding, "I was a director at a smaller company. We were acquired and then as part of the restructure I had a new CEO, who laid me off after a year despite hitting my goals. It's been about 11 months since the layoff and I just received an email from the CEO to help them with something. Apparently the two factor verification for some of the important emails was tied to my phone number."

The worker ...