Opendoor CEO Kaz Nejatian was trolled after he vouched for the Indian workers he fired and said his one-line social media post advocating for those Indians could be considered as his reference letter. "Is this how you give references? Don't worry, Indians will survive, you won't," one social media user wrote. After Nejatian shared the letter that he sent to his 250 Indian employees in India, informing them that Opendoor's India operations were winding down, he added a note for them: "If you are hiring and have a presence in India, they are excellent people. Consider this my reference letter and hire them," Nejatian wrote.
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Nejatian's note was meant for US employers who have a presence in India. A Bengaluru-based founder, Tarun Firodiya, asked Nejatian for a list.
But Nejatian's 'noble gesture' could not impress anyone on social media. Americans loathed him for empathizing with the Indians who lost jobs, as they blame Indians for taking all American jobs, and Indians did not appreciate the backhanded compliment that Nejatian gave after dissolving the team.
