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By taking advantage of the trust placed in a startup, an employee caused a loss of Rs 2 lakh and then resigned. When this matter went viral on social media, people raised questions on trust and security.
The employee played a big game with the company (Photo: Canva)
For a startup, every new recruit is not just an employee, but a hope for the future. Especially for companies running in the initial stages, every team member is very important, because only small teams are busy in fulfilling big dreams. Startups work in an environment of limited resources, low budget and trust. In such a situation, every employee is given more responsibility and access to the system, so that the work can progress faster. But imagine, if the same employee causes loss worth lakhs to the company? Recently, a shocking case came to light, where a new employee defrauded the company of about Rs 2 lakh in the very first week of joining. This incident is becoming increasingly viral on social media and is surprising people.
This case is related to Gully Labs, an Indian sneaker startup based in Delhi. Company co-founder Arjun Singh shared a post about this incident on social media platform X (earlier Twitter).
He told that the company had hired a customer support (CS) employee a few months ago. But in the very first week of joining, that employee took advantage of the backend system and created 100% discount codes. Using these codes, he ordered shoes worth about Rs 2 lakh for his friends.
We hired a CS person a couple of months ago. Within the first week of joining he made INR 2L of 100% discount orders – sent to his friends and quit in a week.
When caught – initially he decided to cooperate and returned half the shoes but the other half were used etc.