Overview
- Nitin Verma, CEO of InstaAstro in Noida, wrote on LinkedIn that he dismissed a senior hire after the person asked, “Sir, tell me what to do next.”
- Verma said he created the role to stop overseeing that function and gave the hire full autonomy from day one, which he felt required independent judgment.
- He framed the move as a lesson on accountability, writing that ownership cannot be given and warning that freedom without ownership leads to confusion.
- Coverage published Tuesday by Hindustan Times, News18, Times Now, India Today, and Mint described wide online reaction, with some endorsing high initiative in senior roles and others calling the firing poor leadership or flawed onboarding.
- In follow-up comments, Verma drew a line between seeking alignment and showing dependency and said he wants judgment, not hands, while no public response from the unnamed ex-employee has been reported.