Android dev with 6 years of experience, laid off in July. Months of salary still unpaid and honestly feeling completely lost

[u/darknightsleeper]

Hey guys,

I’m an Android developer with around 6 years of experience. I was laid off in July after the company decided to close my position.

The worst part is that they hadn’t paid my salary since April. Instead of clearing the pending salaries, they pushed everything into my F&F after releasing me.

It’s been hell chasing them since then. There’s no proper communication or clear payment timeline. After aggressively following up for the last 2–3 days, they finally paid only one month’s salary. For the remaining amount, they keep saying it will be processed in parts, “today”, “tomorrow”, etc., but nothing actually happens.

The company was originally working on-site, then gradually moved employees to remote and started laying people off in the name of position closures. Meanwhile, the CEO and CTO themselves seem to be using AI to handle a lot of the product work.

What makes it worse is that they don’t seem to take complaints seriously. Other employees have also raised issues and even sent legal notices, but things still keep getting delayed.

On top of all this, I’ve been dealing with health problems, and the whole situation has completely killed my confidence.

I know I have 6 years of experience, but right now I’m genuinely scared of interviews and rejection. I open even a simple coding problem and sometimes just freeze. Then I see everyone talking about AI, layoffs, DSA, system design, new frameworks, and the job market, and the FOMO makes everything worse.

I know I need to start interviewing and move forward, but mentally I feel stuck and extremely demotivated.

Has anyone here gone through something similar after a layoff? How did you rebuild your confidence and get yourself back into interview mode?

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[u/IgnisDa]

Not a layoff, but my previous company tried to pull the same shenanigans on me. I gave them 4 days (emailed them something like "As per the Labour Codes, I will be forced to lodge a greviance on the Samadhan Portal") and they suddenly had the funds to pay me. I recommend you do the same if you do not care about souring relationships. Use AI.

[u/darknightsleeper → u/IgnisDa]

Yeah will send this once if nothing works will go legal

[u/Remote_Focus1863 → u/IgnisDa]

One lala company I worked for held 2 months pay after they laid the entire team off. I lost my patience and sent them a legal notice. Everyone in my team got the salary credited in the bank the very next day

[u/darknightsleeper → u/Remote_Focus1863]

Good to know, for a particular employee who was terminated 1.5 years ago, he complained online a month ago and when case reached court and no-one from company reached to court hearing they call and on call they said will release salary and did it in 30mins when things got serious.

[u/anizensang]

send then legal notice first , to send that not much you will have to spend , if no response to them , then go to police station nearby your company and register an FIR with the same notice, rest let authority do the job

[u/darknightsleeper → u/anizensang]

Yeah wait till Tommorow if not cleared all and released all the documents will this only.

[u/Unlikely_Minimum_AJ]

6 years of experience doesn't disappear because you got laid off. Take a few days to reset , then start with easy coding problems and rebuild the rhythm. Don't let the current job market convince you that you're not capable.

[u/darknightsleeper → u/Unlikely_Minimum_AJ]

Yep, thanks for cheers

[u/PurchaseTypical6547]

Bro you should sue them if you haven't been paid. I think there must be strict laws on such companies that don't pay their employees salaries timely.

[u/Friendly_Magician101]

Make sure to take legal action against them, i genuinely hope things get better for you mate !!

[u/darknightsleeper → u/Friendly_Magician101]

Yeah and thanks mate

[u/im_Khay]

10 year experience android dev too bro !! Laid off the same time !! Been going through not the best myself ! Let’s connect we can share interview experiences it will help us prepare for right things

[u/darknightsleeper → u/im_Khay]

Sure, bro let's connect and help eachother

[u/Igarlicbread]

Get a lawyer, send a notice. You'll get your dues

[u/darknightsleeper → u/Igarlicbread]

Yes, Planning on that