He used senior’s towel at gym, was fired 5 days later: Swiss techie shares his story
A software engineer in Switzerland claims he was fired from a major tech company five days after accidentally using a senior manager's towel at a gym sauna. Earning CHF 100,000 annually, he initially believed it was part of wider layoffs but now suspects the towel incident, and the manager's subsequent comment, played a role in his dismissal.
Why it matters
This story highlights potential abuses of power in the workplace and the precarious nature of employment, even for highly paid professionals, raising questions about corporate culture, employee rights, and the true reasons behind 'economic' layoffs. It resonates with broader discussions on workplace fairness.
He accidentally used an office senior’s towel at gym and was fired 5 days later: Swiss techie who was earning nearly 1 cr annually shares his experience in an online postA software engineer in Switzerland says a simple mistake at a gym sauna was followed by the loss of his job just five days later. The engineer, who said he had worked at a major tech company since 2022 and earned about CHF (Swiss franc) 100,000 a year, roughly Rs 1 crore shared his account on Reddit after being laid off. According to his post, he accidentally picked up another man's sauna towel after a workout on May 8. He later realised that the towel belonged to a senior member of his own company's management.What happened next is what turned an ordinary gym mix-up into an unusual workplace story.
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