A story which a programmer fight in the court alone against a company, with a lawyer and a forged evidence. In 2018, I decided to quit my job at Intel to join a newly startup company, Boostorder (parent company: Instanture) believing their promise and future potential. Before that, I do all my homework before joining…

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In 2018, I quit my job at Intel to join a newly startup company, Boostorder. The company has received a new funding from a multinational company, financial check. The director, Chuah Teong Kee and I have a small, heated exchange when he knew that I had resigned.

I Joined A Startup, Left, Then End Up in The Court: This Is My Story

This just defines toxic companies.
Trust me I had a same experience in The Netherlands, where the owner even fled the company, thus a court appeal wasn’t even possible and just left it at that. (bye bye 1.5 month’s of salary 😅)
Sometimes the world get’s unfair, happy to see you where able to stick it to them!

Buddy you got saved. Sometimes the world is so cruel and unfair. I can’t image the director going to such lengths