What happens when a stable office job with future growth clashes with the reality of immediate, higher earnings outside the corporate world? Increasingly, young workers are choosing the latter, even if it means walking away from structured career paths.
A similar case has been highlighted in a post on X shared by Akshay G Jain, where a 22-year-old admin staff member decided to resign after realising he could earn more through delivery work.
According to the post, the young employee was not an average hire. He was being groomed within the organisation, given learning resources, books, and even exposure to AI-related training.
His employer believed he could eventually move into a leadership role within three to five years.
However, things changed when he started doing delivery work on weekends to earn extra income.
WHEN SIDE INCOME CHANGED EVERYTHING
What began as a part-time earning option soon reshaped his priorities. The employee realised that through delivery work alone, he could earn around Rs 35,000 to Rs 40,000 per month.
Following this, he decided to resign from his office role.
As shared in the X post, the employer expressed concern, saying, “you’ll do this for 5 years, but beyond that – your health won’t support you, you won’t develop corporate skills.”