Surbhi Gupta, an engineer from India who appeared in Netflix’s fashionable present ‘Indian Matchmaking’, was amongst hundreds of workers sacked by Fb’s mother or father firm Meta final month, BBC reported.
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Surbhi Gupta, who has been staying in the USA since 2009, labored in Meta as a Product Supervisor. She advised the BBC that she didn’t count on that she could be fired as she was performing effectively at work. Nonetheless, at 6am within the morning, she obtained a mail concerning the layoffs. After this, Surbhi Gupta mentioned that she was unable to entry the pc and the workplace fitness center.
“At 6 am, I bought the e-mail. I could not entry my pc or the workplace fitness center. It felt like a breakup,” Surbhi Gupta, who received the title of ‘Miss Bharat-California’ in a 2018 magnificence pageant, mentioned.
“It felt just like the Titanic sinking as a result of I used to be dropping entry to issues one after the other – office, then e mail, then laptop computer,” Surbhi Gupta mentioned.
Though, the report mentioned that Surbhi Gupta was not instantly advised to go away. Her final day on the firm might be someday in January. She additionally knowledgeable that as she has H1-B visa, she’s going to solely be allowed to stay in the USA for 60 extra days after she leaves her position in Meta.
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“My skill to work and keep within the US relies on my H1-B visa,” she mentioned.
“They inform me to remain sturdy as a result of I am an individual who can convert issues into alternatives. They inform me ‘aur kuch accha mil jayega’ (you will discover one thing higher),” Surbhi Gupta added.
Meta laid off round 11,000 workers final month, which accounts for nearly 13 p.c of the corporate’s workforce.