Hyderabad engineer seeks job after ‘too young’ layoff remark

Hyderabad: A software engineer from Hyderabad has started looking for new job opportunities after being laid off from Microsoft with a ‘too young’ remark.

The engineer, who has around three years of experience, shared his situation on Reddit.

Engineer says he is sole family earner

According to his Reddit post, the engineer is the sole earning member of his family. He said he supports his parents, contributes towards his sister’s education and is also managing a loan taken by his father.

He said his manager told him during the layoff call that his relatively young age and an assumption that he did not have major responsibilities were factors behind his inclusion in the headcount reduction.

However, the engineer said he believes this was probably an attempt by his manager to console him and was not necessarily the actual reason for the layoff.