New Delhi, June 29 -- A strange incident came to light recently about how a man got hold of a job offer with 'higher salary, better title' and remote work simply by pretending to be employed after he got laid off. A social media user elaborated on his experience and explained the exhilarating sequence of events.

In a post on Reddit, the user stated, "Back in August, I got laid off unexpectedly. No warning, no severance, just a "hey, we're restructuring" and a Zoom call that lasted 3 minutes. I panicked."

All the while the man was unemployed, he lied about the status of his job and didn't disclose the news about being relieved from his previous role to anyone, neither friends nor ex-coworkers. "I just. pretended I was still working," he ...