An MBA graduate from IIM Bodh Gaya has sparked widespread discussion online after sharing how a promised job in Delhi allegedly collapsed after she had already relocated to the city believing her corporate career was about to begin.For weeks, she says, she stayed silent.
Then the rent became due.
In a LinkedIn post that is now going viral, the graduate wrote that she had received everything a fresher waits for after placements — an offer letter, a joining date and what she believed was certainty.
“So I packed my bags and moved to Delhi — alone — spending ₹75,000 on relocation,” she wrote.
She believed a confirmed job was waiting for her.
According to her post, it was not.
When the IIM graduate reached Delhi for joining
The graduate claimed that on May 4, she arrived at the office address shared with her by the company.
But when she got there, she says, there was no functioning office.
“I waited two hours. I called. I messaged. No answer,” she wrote.
Days later, she was allegedly informed that the office space was “out of lease” — something she says nobody told her before she moved cities.
The post resonated widely online because of how quickly excitement turned into uncertainty.
One moment, she believed she was starting a new chapter.
The next, she was standing outside an address with no office, no onboarding and no answers.
Did the company continue contacting her after that?
According to the graduate, yes — but mostly through repeated assurances.
She claimed she was told that her employee ID was still being generated and that work-from-home arrangements would begin soon.
She says she was repeatedly asked to “wait 2-3 days.”
Weeks later, however, she was allegedly informed there would be “no joining before July.”
By then, she says, the money she spent relocating had already drained her savings.
“If I had been told the truth even a week earlier, I would never have made these expenses,” she wrote.A lot of people online saw more than just one failed joining process.
They saw the fear many fresh graduates quietly carry while entering the job market: relocating alone, spending money they cannot afford to lose, and trusting that an offer letter means stability.
The graduate described the experience as emotionally and financially exhausting.
“A girl moves to a new city alone for a job. Spends money she cannot spare. Waits. Follows up. Gives every benefit of the doubt,” she wrote.
“And the person responsible just disappears.”
Her post also struck a nerve because it captured a very specific kind of disappointment young professionals talk about online today — not dramatic failure, but being left in uncertainty with no clear communication.
Did she find another job?
Yes.
In her post, she clarified that the placement committee at IIM Bodh Gaya later helped her secure another opportunity through campus placement support.
She also ended her post with advice to other students and freshers entering the job market:
“Document everything. Every promise, every date, every message.”
