In a Reddit post, an employee working at a Noida-based IT firm claimed the CEO told newly-hired interns (from Tier-1 and Tier-2 colleges), who were asking for a coffee machine in office, that he can buy two interns for ₹50,000 instead. The post sparked outrage, with users saying, "Another shitty Indian company story," and "Purest example of...attitudes and issues."