A 22-year-old member of the administration team at Chennai-based financial firm Seeco Wealth has left his office role to pursue full-time delivery work, citing significantly higher earning potential. The employee had begun delivery work on weekends as extra income, soon realising he could earn more that way.
Akshat Jain, founder of Seeco Wealth, shared the development on social media platform X, where it sparked widespread debate about wages, career growth, and employer responsibility in India's urban workforce.
From weekend gigs to full-time shift
According to the X post, Jain described the worker as highly capable, saying, "Our admin staff resigned today - he is 22, extremely talented and we were also grooming him - we'd give him books, taught him AI and he was seemingly satisfied. He could go onto lead a department in 3-5 years." On the resignation itself, Jain noted, "Now he resigned saying he can earn 35-40k by doing delivery work."
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Our admin staff resigned today - he is 22, extremely talented and we were also grooming him - we'd give him books, taught him ai and he was seemingly satisfied. He could go onto lead a department in 3-5 years
— Akshat Jain, CFA (@akshat96jain) April 13, 2026
Then he started doing delivery work on the weekends to make extra https://t.co/Utt4OepJB0
The employer warns of long-term consequences
As per the X post, Jain expressed concern over the decision's long-term implications, stating, "I'm like - you'll do this for 5 years, but beyond that - your health won't support you, you won't develop corporate skills." His advice, however, fell on deaf ears. Jain was responding to a post alluding to recent protests by factory workers in Noida demanding higher wages.
Public divided over pay and career choice
The post drew sharp criticism from several users who questioned what salary the employee had actually been receiving. "He was so good - but you couldn't pay him ~50k?" one user asked, while another demanded, "I dare you to disclose how much you paid him."
One X user commented, "Nice way to say that you were paying him by grooming him rather than paying him enough to survive. If he left you for 35k delivery job then it's easy to understand how much you were paying him. Food on plate is more important to most people rather than AI books and grooming for corporate skills."
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Nice way to say that you were paying him by grooming him rather than paying him enough to survive . If he left you for 35k delivery job then it's easy to understand how much you were paying him. Food on plate is more important to most people rather than AI books and grooming for
— Vivek John V (@vivekvarghesej) April 13, 2026
Others, however, sided with Jain. "What a missed opportunity, clearly he isn't thinking long term," one user said. Another added, "Most enterprises can't afford to pay for potential. They can pay for performance. It takes patience for potential to translate into performance and then it reflects in the pay. This young man was foolish and impatient."
