Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal Trolled For Job offer; ‘Difference between Indian founders and Elon Musk’:
Goyal shared the job posting on X and LinkedIn and wrote, “Update: I am looking for a chief of staff for myself.”
The role, based at Zomato’s headquarters in Gurugram, is ideal for somebody with “a lot of common sense, empathy, Grade A communication skills, zero entitlement” but no substantial prior experience.
While serving in this role, the person will get “10x more learning than a 2-year degree from a top management school,” along with the privilege of working with Goyal.
However, the job description details that there will be no salary for this role for the first year; rather, the candidate will have to pay ₹20 lakh for this opportunity.
“100% of this ‘fee’ will be paid in the form of a donation directly to Feeding India,” it stated.
On its behalf, Zomato has also promised to donate ₹50 lakh to a charity of the candidate’s choice.
“Second year onwards, we will start paying you the usual salary (definitely more than ₹50 lakh, but something we will only talk about at the start of Year 2),” it states.
How to apply? Those interested can directly send an e-mail to Goyal at d@zomato.com, with a cover letter of up to 200 words, while there is no requirement to attach your resume.
Update: I am looking for a chief of staff for myself. pic.twitter.com/R4XPp3CefJ
— Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) November 20, 2024
However, the job offer did not go down well with many on social media who expressed dissatisfaction in the comments section.
“We will get you the right candidate who is born very rich and in need of fame,” one person said in reply to Goyal on LinkedIn.
Another added, “It means – ‘Pay me or I will put an employee salary surcharge on your food bill’.”
On X also many took a jibe at the offer.
“They will surely go hungry after the loan for 20L,” one user said.
In reply, Goyal replied, “Will let you know how this goes :)”
Will let you know how this goes 🙂
— Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) November 20, 2024
Another person wrote, “Dippy bhai hire me as your PR manager and I’ll save you from making such tweets in the future.”
A third person added, “Had to check for a moment to see if it’s April 1. I’m OK with this being an unpaid 1-year internship if you honestly call it that.”
Another user questions whether banks will give a “20 lakh education loan for a Zomato offer letter?”
One X user commented, “This is the difference between Indian founders and someone like Elon Musk”.
