Indian techie says "firangi" boss turned toxic after LinkedIn update — ‘Before this, I was his "sweetheart"’

An Indian tech professional has shared that a recent LinkedIn profile update has made her life difficult at work. 

What actually happened? 

The techie alleged that the “firangi” manager started targeting and criticising her after noticing the “Open to Work” banner on her LinkedIn profile.

She further claimed on Reddit that her foreign national boss had become toxic, delaying her salary, micromanaging her output, and accusing her of a lack of dedication.

“Height of targeting by boss because I opened myself for work on LinkedIn,” the employee wrote. “My boss (Firangi), restructured the company twice in 13 months, went from 50 people in the workplace to 7 at the end of 2nd restructure. I survived both rounds,” she added.

The lady professional shared that she had a smooth working relationship with her boss before he noticed the LinkedIn update.

“Before this, I was his 'sweetheart", he would trust me with work etc, would tell me inside information etc etc,” she disclosed on Reddit.

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Netizens react

An individual commented, “In LinkedIn settings, I think, when you set it to ‘Open to Work’, there is an option to hide that from your current employers. Check it out.”

Another said, “Hey, it's sad what you're going through. Your only recourse is to do good work and stand your ground. Don't give him any reason to criticise your performance. You just need to jhelo this till you have an offer in hand and can resign your current job. However, based on my personal experience and anecdotal evidence from many people in my circle, don't put the open for work tag on your LinkedIn profile. It actually hurts your chances of landing a job.”

A third user remarked, “Can't do much once targeted by the boss.”

A fourth shared, “Block whoever you think can be a menace to your new job search; get the new job, unblock them.”

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