The Reddit user shared a disturbing experience that happened while working at his father’s furniture showroom in Delhi.
If you are running a business, it is only natural that you will need to hire employees to help things run smoothly. But before bringing someone on board, it is important to do proper background checks. Skipping this step can lead to serious problems, something one Reddit user recently experienced. In a Reddit post titled “I got threatened by a prospective job candidate,” the user shared a disturbing experience that happened while working at his father’s furniture showroom in Delhi.
“I work at my father’s business in Delhi. It’s a furniture showroom (not that big though),” he wrote. This was his first time hiring someone, so he decided to bring in an accountant through a popular job site. “I hired an accountant from Naukri.com to do day-to-day work on Tally, such as recording sales, purchases, generating invoices, e-way bills, as well as preparing quotations, etc.,” the user wrote.
Things took a strange turn right from the start. According to the Redditor, the new hire didn’t show up on the agreed-upon joining date and kept delaying for 3–4 days, citing health issues. When he finally turned up after four days late, the user wasn’t in the office.
“He called me and said he only came to talk to me,” the post explained.
The next day, the man showed up, did some work and then made an unusual request. “He asked for 500 rupees at EOD, stating he needed them for an ultrasound which is weird because—1. Who the hell asks their employer for such a favour? 2. He has called me multiple times in between saying ‘Sir aap mujhe 500 Paytm kardo, mai kahi fass gaya hu, mai ghar jaake kar dunga (Sir, please send me Rs 500 on Paytm. I’m stuck somewhere, I’ll return it once I reach home),’ to which I refused every time.”
The Redditor finally gave in and handed over a 500-rupee note. But the man vanished the next day. “He didn’t come for 3 more days,” the post read. Then, out of nowhere, he called and said, “Sir mai aapke saath kaam nahi kar paaunga, mera per day 850 banta hai, aap 350 aur dedo (Sir, I won’t be able to work with you. My daily wage comes to Rs 850, so please give me Rs 350 more).”
When the Redditor refused, things took a threatening turn. “He threatened me and said “Mai jaat hu, office ke bahar 10 bande le aaunga kal (I’m a Jaat, I’ll bring 10 men outside your office tomorrow),” called me multiple times as well,” he wrote.
This left Redditor shaken so he turned to the platform and asked for help and advice: “What should I do in this situation? And how should I check someone’s background before I hire someone so that I don’t make this foolish mistake of hiring a guy like this?”
In the comments section, many users urged the Redditor to take action and not let the matter slide.
One user suggested, “File a police complaint. Let the police handle this. Get an employment contract in place in future if you didn’t.”
Another said, “You my friend ended up hiring a fraud. Anyway, he will not do anything. Block him and do your work. Hire someone else and do a proper background check.”
