Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal courted controversy over his unconventional approach in hiring the chief of staff. He had told that the selected candidate would not get any salary for the first year but instead would have to pay Rs 20 lakh to Zomato as a donation towards its Feeding India initiative. In his latest post, he revealed that the unique condition was applied as a filter to reach the best candidates for the role.

The post informed that his company received 18,000 applications, of which they would reject applications from those who have the money or talked about the money. “This was not just another recruitment post. As some pointed out, ‘you have to pay us 20 lacs’ was just a filter to find people who had the power to appreciate the possibility of a fast career, but are stuck by the limitations in front of them,” read part of his latest tweet on X (formerly known as Twitter) Furthermore, he added that the company will find “genuine intentions and learning mindsets from the sea of ​​applications we have received.”

November 21, 2024

In the previous post, Goyal listed the types of candidates who applied for the position. “We have over 10,000 applications, many of them well thought out, mixed between -1. Those who have all the money 2. Those who have some of the money 3. Those who say they don’t have the money 4. Those who really don’t the money,” he wrote.

November 21, 2024

Deepinder’s Rs 20 lakh job alert drew criticism, with people criticizing him for having unrealistic expectations. “You don’t have enough confidence in your hiring process so you need 20L ticket as a barrier to improve your efficiency? Bad move,” wrote one X user. Another X commented, “Whoa, whoa, whoa. What’s going on here? Need to pay 20L for charity? How does that work? Make the job as unattractive as you want, but ask someone to pay 20L? So young people with no money won’t can apply, but those whose parents are rich can?” Deepinder clarified that the selected candidate would get the regular salary from the second year onwards.He ensured that this new salary would exceed Rs 50 LPA.