India, Oct. 28 -- A Reddit user has shared an unusual workplace incident in which a casual smile during a Zoom onboarding session almost cost him his job.

In a post titled "Almost got fired for smiling", he describes how a casual moment during the work from home period allegedly spiralled into a series of emails from a senior official calling for his dismissal.

The employee wrote on Reddit that he had joined a mid range company as a fresher along with about ten others. During one of the introductory calls, a senior management official joined to welcome the new recruits. The session was casual and filled with jokes. As others laughed, the user says he simply smiled. His laptop camera was placed at the bottom of his gaming device which cr...