Dukaan laid off over 60 people
Ecommerce platform Dukaan has just laid off 60 people. Sudden move on Monday. Is the platform struggling to get users and monetise? so much funding they have.
AstroBubbles
Stealth
2 years ago
Seeing the tweets from their management team, i used to think they are such sorted company, they know what they are doing and treat their employees well and care for their learning/growth.
I guess everything is just marketing in the end.
Gadhamazdoor
Stealth
2 years ago
Capitalism eats culture for snacks everyday
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1337C0d3r
Stealth
2 years ago
Had a friend working there who left before the layoffs... He was quite critical of the company and specially the CTO. Used to say CTO is an average coder with God complex. Zero medium-long term planning. It's all bark, no bite. Not surprised about this news. All the best to those affected
Yeah..this is correct. I had done an internship there. The CTO only knows how to talk on podcasts and Twitter, and he is a terrible coder. Most of the tech people who are active on Twitter and bad coders.
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HalfBloodPrince
Student
2 years ago
what the hell??!! Recently came across the podcast of Dukaan's CTO. Dude was pretty chill and the work culture and everything from the looks of his tweets seem to be pretty great. Like, revolutionizing Tech and everything. Dude looks are deceptive!!!!!
Everything you said is still true. Zero, littrally zero from product or engineering were part of this.
Its a shift in business where we will be focusing more on larger D2C brands and enterprises rather than small sellers and with that few teams had to go.
While its emotional, at the end of the day its business.
Lolan
Stealth
2 years ago
No clue. Need to know total number. Could be like 300 member team, so 20%?
Lolan
Stealth
2 years ago
It was like 25-30% as per inc 42
They did a layoff mid last year as well, and one now. I guess all the Twitter publicity doesn't translate to sensible business decisions.
fakekpi
Stealth
2 years ago
Boasted all the time on Twitter smh
What else were you expecting 🙆🏽♂️
It is better to pick up a job with Popat Lal Gupta and Sons. At least they have a real revenue 💵 model
TheOatmeal
Stealth
2 years ago
Wasn’t this guy boosting about how he is delivering features on the go?
AbleBarley90
Stealth
2 years ago
And how is that related with layoffs? 🤣
TheOatmeal
Stealth
2 years ago
Itna dhol peet raha aur ye nahi pata kitne log chaiye barat me?
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Their employees and founders lurk over here and on discord meanwhile 😅
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Probably a restructuring of sorts. They seem to be doing well and some big brands have started leveraging their platform
