India, Jan. 13 -- A backend developer in Gurgaon shared on Reddit that a startup has laid off the techie after just five months, despite meeting all performance expectations.

The decision came as a shock, as HR informed the techie during the first formal meeting since joining in August last year.

"Just got laid off, don't know how to navigate this," the caption of the post reads.

According to the post, the techie asked for clarification on what went wrong and how to improve in the future, but HR had no answer. Surprisingly, both the CTO and the team lead were unaware of the decision.

"The HR informed me that I've been laid off and this is purely business-related," the post adds.

The team lead, who had been away for 12 days, asked the...