An American startup, currently based in Bengaluru, got to experience the ugly side of hiring in India when he rejected a job applicant for a role.
Anthony Klor shared a screenshot of the abusive messages he received. (Instagram/@tonykmontana)
Anthony (Tony) Klor, founder of Catoff Gaming, received a string of abuses from a job-seeker he rejected. He took to the social media platform X to share a screenshot of his exchange with the disgruntled applicant.
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Although the screenshot is too distasteful to reproduce here, it shows the shocking abuse directed towards Klor, who recently moved to Bengaluru from San Francisco. Among other things, the rejected applicant asked Klor to apologise to his mother for giving birth to him, called him a “nerd” and a Hindi swear word.
When Klor, perhaps out of a sense of irony, asked the unnamed applicant whether he is still interested in the job, he received another vitriolic response. “Yes in a b***-job from a foreigners mouth named Tony [sic],” he responded, making little sense for all his anger.
“Sometimes job candidates in India don’t take rejection very well…” Klor wrote while sharing the screenshot on X. He also asked the meaning of the Hindi swear word used by the jobseeker.
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People in the comments section expressed their shock and disgust at the jobseeker’s behaviour.
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People in the comments section expressed their shock and disgust at the jobseeker’s behaviour.
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“It means, ‘thanks for considering me, but I’m not qualified to work as a professional’,” wrote one X user in the comments section.
“I guess he is frustrated with his life,” another suggested.
Some apologised on behalf of their countrymen - like the X user who wrote “Sorry you had to go through all this.”
Others, however, pointed to one of Klor’s messages in the screenshot which read: “Should I call your mother and apologize?”
“No recruiter has told me ‘Should I call your mother and apologise’ as well. This is not the entire story,” an X user commented.
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.
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