India, Feb. 28 -- An Indian techie took to Reddit to share an incident in which the CEO fired the individual during a town hall meeting. The employee added that other co-workers faced the same fate during the event.

"Wanted to share the layoff story of mine. Now that I've landed a new job, I wanted to share my experience during the recession at my previous startup. It was a whirlwind. One afternoon, completely out of the blue, the CEO and upper management held a town hall and announced immediate layoffs due to financial losses," the Reddit user wrote.

In the following lines, the person explained that though they were given three months' salary, the entire process was "incredibly abrupt."

"It turned out that senior management had known ...