Candidate Vanishes After Receiving Company MacBook: A Recruitment Heist Story

A recruiter over at Uber stirred up some serious chatter after he claimed a candidate just evaporated.
Raghu Tenneti, who works as a Principal Recruiter in Hyderabad, dropped the details on LinkedIn. It involved a candidate who apparently disappeared completely right after getting a company-issued MacBook.
Tenneti said that no-shows on the first day of work happen sometimes. It’s normal. But this case felt different. Extraordinary, even.
“But this guy didn’t ghost us. He just vanished from existence,” Tenneti wrote.
He explained that the candidate never showed up for the scheduled start date. When the company tried to reach him, the phone number they had on file just wasn't working anymore. It was unreachable in a weird way.
Then there was the tech side of things. Tenneti alleged that Uber’s IT department tried to track the laptop remotely. What they found? It was already factory reset. It was running through some kind of encrypted proxy.
“Our IT team pinged the laptop. Factory reset. Encrypted proxy. Pinging from coordinates that shouldn’t exist on this planet,” he put it.
The whole thing got a little wild. Tenneti joked that the candidate had somehow orchestrated something way bigger than just skipping a day.
“This man didn’t skip Day 1. He faked his whole identity and just disappeared. That’s not ghosting. That’s a heist,” Tenneti wrote. He even threw in a pop culture reference. “And honestly? Ethan Hunt—genuinely, respect the craft. Bro, we want our laptop back.”
That post just blew up online. People were reacting instantly. It was a mix of disbelief, amusement, and immediate pop culture references.
One commenter immediately jumped into the fun. “So you’re telling me, this guy spent months grinding Leetcode problems, nailing those engineering interviews, behavioral rounds, system design stuff, and HR… only to steal a MacBook? That takes some serious patience and commitment to get a piece of hardware.”
Another one got really creative. “This wasn’t some simple joining scam. This felt like a reverse recruitment drive. They interviewed you, checked everything out, collected company assets, tested incident response, and then just left. Somewhere, there must be a boardroom presentation called: Target Organization Penetration Report — Mission Successful.”
Some people just couldn't process it. “This is unbelievable. OH MY GOD :)"
Others brought up the practical side, though. “Sounds like a lot of effort for a MacBook! He probably had better returns on investment if he just sent some texts like, ‘Your CEO needs you to buy gift cards, and we urgently need you to do this.’”
It just sort of spirals. From a simple missing employee story, it turned into something almost cinematic. People are clearly weighing in on the sheer audacity of the situation.
Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board
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