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A LinkedIn post by Noida-based HR professional Khushie Chaurasiya is sparking conversations online after she shared a rather unexpected first-day story. According to Chaurasiya, an employee who joined for a sales role quit the job the very same day, and did so with a blunt message: “Mujhe yeh kaam pasand nahi aaya” (I didn’t like this work.)
Chaurasiya noted that while the role wasn’t an easy one, all aspects of the job had been communicated clearly before the offer was rolled out. What surprised her most was the abrupt change of heart. “What changed overnight?” she asked in her post.
In a message aimed at job seekers, Chaurasiya emphasised that no role feels like a perfect fit on day one. “No company can prove everything in 24 hours. And no role will ever feel ‘comfortable’ until you give it your time, energy, and mindset,” she wrote.
She encouraged candidates to ask the right questions during interviews and to take the time to evaluate offers before accepting. More importantly, she urged people to maintain professionalism, even while backing out. Chaurasiya ended her post with a reminder: “Growth doesn’t come from perfect jobs. It comes from patience, clarity, and learning from discomfort.”
The post, which also featured a screenshot of the short-lived conversation with the now-ex-employee, has since gone viral. LinkedIn users are divided on the incident. While many supported the HR’s perspective, others said the candidate did the right thing by leaving early instead of staying in a job they didn’t connect with.
A user wrote, “It also depends on how the supervisor handles the joinee. He should be given the sense of belongingness by mentoring and guidance. In case of sales profile the supervisor must take the new joinee on calls. I feel in this case, the supervisor must have set unreasonable expectations on the 1st day…request you to talk to the joinee…he will give more insight.”
Another user said, “What about those HR who is gatekeeper for others just because of their perceptions only even candidates suitable for role and those HR who is keeping mouth shut when TOXIC environment ongoing in organisation….just because of organisation paying decent amount and they very known about that game which is if one is resigning their is 10 walk in for same role.”
A third person commented, “Every fresher looks at the CVs of CXO’s and dreams of being one of them, without willingness to go through the grind each one of them has gone through, maybe in even more difficult working conditions. Working or not it is one’s choice but the road to top passes through non negotiable grind.”
