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Mumbai Founder Recounts Firing 25 Employees in One Day

His LinkedIn post highlights HR rules discouraging apologies during terminations.

A Mumbai CEO’s post about firing people has gone viral on LinkedIn.
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Overview

  • Sampark Sachdeva, founder of SamparkSeSampark in Mumbai, wrote that he was instructed years ago to dismiss 25 people in a single day.
  • He said the company was in a difficult phase and that he did not choose which employees were laid off.
  • According to his account, managers were told to keep the process cold, avoid saying sorry, and follow a set script.
  • He described a single mother's tear during the meeting and said he cried at work afterward, writing that he did not feel like a leader that day.
  • The post drew wide attention on LinkedIn and across Indian media, and Times Now noted it could not independently verify the account.