Startup employee fired after building automated system to streamline tasks; now same ‘sister-like’ manager wants him review her work as ‘freelancer’
Published on: Jan. 11, 2026, 1:27 p.m. | Source: The Economic Times
A startup employee says he was fired after spending 10 months training his “sister-like” manager to run the automated systems he built, only to be offered freelance work to maintain them. The Reddit post on r/OfficePolitics has sparked debate about workplace trust, automation, and whether loyalty still has a place in modern startup culture.
