"We’ll Give You Three Months’ Salary—So Leave"...Employee Asked to Resign Just Seven Days After Joining the Company [What Do You Think?]

[Financial News] A worker’s story has emerged after they were reportedly asked to resign just one week after joining a company because the company was going through difficult times.

On the 2nd, a post titled “A Company Asking Me to Resign After Seven Days—Should I Leave?” was uploaded to the office-worker community Remember.
The poster, identified only as A, began, “After going through first- and second-round interviews, I decided to join this company, which is close to home, even though I was also considering another company that had accepted me.”
On the seventh day after joining the company, A had returned to the office after lunch with colleagues when, according to A, the division head summoned them.
A revealed, “The division head suddenly called me aside, saying there was something to discuss, and then asked, ‘How would you feel about resigning now?’ I was so shocked that I couldn’t say anything. Then the division head said, ‘The truth is, the company’s situation isn’t good right now. We hired you with high expectations, but after hiring you, it seems we could have managed without doing so. So please resign. I’m sorry, so in addition to paying you for the work you’ve done so far, we’ll give you a bonus equivalent to three months’ salary. Take two days to think about it.’”
A said, “I was so shocked and dumbfounded that I couldn’t do anything yesterday, but now they’re telling me to make a decision,” and asked, “Can I refuse?”
A continued, “Since they said they would give me three months’ salary as a bonus, I understand even less why they want me to leave. Even when I kept asking for the exact reason, they just repeated the same thing.” A added, “If the company’s situation is bad, do companies really hire someone and then send them away seven days later while paying them three months’ salary?”
A also said, “What’s even more absurd is that I quietly asked someone else, and they told me that several people before me had left in a similar way. Can a company really hire people and then push them out like this?” A asked for advice, saying, “I’m confused about whether I should simply take the three months’ salary and leave, or refuse to resign and try to hold on.”

People who read the story responded, “It’s absurd, but since they’re offering three months’ salary, it might be best to leave gracefully,” “The situation is certainly wrong, but staying on would not make you feel comfortable,” “If the division head said that, there’s no reason to think things will go well at the company even if you hold on. Let it go and start looking elsewhere quickly,” “Apologize to the other company that accepted you and contact them,” and “Can anyone be expected to like a job after just seven days? A period of adjustment is obviously necessary, and even terminating a contract at the end of a probationary period requires a reasonable justification,” among other reactions.
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