- By Surarika Das
- Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:43 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
A Chennai-based startup founder has sparked an online debate after revealing that a promising employee left the job to pursue full-time delivery work, claiming a better pay scale.The founder of Seeco Health, Akshat Jain, shared a hard-hitting post on X, saying that a 22-year-old employee had resigned.
The post added that the member of the administrative team had resigned, saying that as a delivery agent, he could earn Rs 35,000 and Rs 40,000 per month. The salary, according to the startup founder, is more than the employee's office salary.
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Jain said that the company has been investing in his development, adding that he is extremely talented. "He could go on to lead a department in three to five years," Jain wrote, adding that the firm had provided him with books and training in artificial intelligence.
According to the post, Jainsaid the guy had started to work as a delivery boy on the weekends for an extra income. After realising, that the delivery work is more profitable, he decided to resign from his current job.
Jain mentioned how he urged the young man to reconsider, warning that delivery work offered no long-term career growth and that physical demands would eventually take a toll on his health. His counsel, however, was not heeded.
The netizens criticised the startup founder on social media. Some pointed out the poor salary scale of the company, while the others told the founder to pay more.
"Nice way to say that you were paying him by grooming him rather than paying him enough to survive," wrote one user. "If he left you for a Rs 35,000 delivery job, it is easy to understand how much you were paying him."
Others were equally blunt, with one user asking directly: "He was so good, but you could not pay him approximately Rs 50,000?" Another challenged Jain to publicly disclose the employee's salary.
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However, some were soft to the founder's perspective, saying that the man had shortsighted decisions. "What a missed opportunity. "He is clearly not thinking long-term," one comment read. Another added that most companies could not afford to pay for potential alone and that the employee had been impatient.
The story has sparked a wider discussion in India over entry-level corporate wages, the gig economy, and whether the prospect of future growth can fairly replace a livable wage in the present.