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Gaurav Kawatra was fired from a job that paid him \u20b95 lakh per month<\/p>\nA Delhi-based entrepreneur has said that getting fired from his high-paying job turned out to be his greatest blessing. Gaurav Kawatra was earning \u20b95 lakh a month as the director of a Chinese multinational back in 2018. In a LinkedIn post, he reflected on the day he was fired and how it pushed him towards entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n
Gaurav Kawatra was fired from a job that paid him \u20b95 lakh per month<\/p>\n
He shared a copy of his termination letter on LinkedIn, saying he was 37 when he was fired and had a \u20b92 crore home loan to pay off.<\/p>\n
The termination letter<\/p>\n
According to the termination letter dated September 12, 2018, the company informed Kawatra that his services were being terminated \u201cwith immediate effect\u201d due to performance concerns. The Chinese company also told him that he had been served a three-day notice period as per the terms of his appointment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe regret to share that the management after watching your performance has decided to ask you to leave. The fact has already been conveyed to you a couple however you have refused to put in your papers,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n
\u201c3 days notice. You\u2019re terminated,\u201d Kawatra wrote, describing the moment that changed his life. \u201cI walked out NAKED. Zero package. TERMINATION stamp.\u201d<\/p>\n
He claimed that as the director of a Chinese MNC, he was earning \u20b95 lakh per month, or \u20b960 lakh per annum. At the same time, he had a home loan of \u20b92 crore. Losing his job came as a shock.<\/p>\n
\u2018108 cold calls. 108 rejections\u2019<\/p>\n
Kawatra said the months that followed were among the hardest of his life. He described making \u201c108 cold calls\u201d and facing rejection <\/a>after rejection while battling anxiety and financial pressure.<\/p>\n \u201c108 cold calls. 108 rejections. 3 AM panic attacks,\u201d he wrote. The Delhi-based founder also spoke about the emotional toll unemployment took on him and his family.<\/p>\n \u201cNeighbours watched me sit at home. My daughter asked a question I couldn’t answer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The entrepreneur said the experience taught him painful but valuable lessons about shame, rejection and dependency on corporate jobs.<\/p>\n Some lessons<\/p>\n In his post, Kawatra shared three lessons for people facing layoffs. The first, he said, was not to let shame destroy one\u2019s health.<\/p>\n \u201cI let shame attack my body before I attacked the problem,\u201d he wrote, adding that he smoked \u201c12 to 15 cigarettes a night\u201d during that period \u2014 a habit that took him eight years to quit. He also suffered from sleeplessness during that period.<\/p>\n \u201cMoney can be recovered. Your body cannot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Kawatra also advised job seekers not to take rejection personally.<\/p>\n