Company asking one of us to leave after coworker marriage disclosure

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May 3, 2026 at 6:46 am

My coworker and I are getting married in about 2 months. We both work at a small startup in India (developer + QA roles, not in a direct reporting hierarchy).

We informed our manager and higher authorities professionally and also asked if there were any conflict-of-interest concerns or company policies we should follow.

Within a day of informing them, we were told that one of us may need to leave the company, and it now appears they are leaning toward terminating me.

I wanted to understand:

Is this considered normal/fair in startups?

Have others experienced something similar?

Are companies generally allowed to do this even when there’s no direct reporting relationship?

Would appreciate perspectives or experiences from others.

Location :india

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