Kingdomofdreams

Ex Dunzo AMA

I was recently laid off in the 3rd round. AMA

16mo ago

Bullboy

Groww16mo

What is exactly happening at dunzo, detail?

Kingdomofdreams

Dunzo16mo

So, the company has gone completely lean firing almost every senior developer, leaving only SE-1 and SE-2 along with few left managers. The company still hasn’t paid taxes as of now for last FY since september.

VengefulHub

Dunzo16mo

Not just engineers, layoffs happened across the board.

bahiwbstyavw

Stealth16mo

will they survive?

Kingdomofdreams

Dunzo16mo

I hope they do, to get our remaining salaries 😂. But the chances are bleak.

bahiwbstyavw

Stealth15mo

do they generally pay good salaries?

GraySpill88

Stealth16mo

any commitment to people laid off? salary/severance?

Kingdomofdreams

Dunzo16mo

4th saptember remaining salaries, and then 4th of nov severence pay.

Cont123

Stealth16mo

what is the notice pay they will be giving ? 2 months or 1, its not mentioned anywhere in written

DarkerKnight

Stealth16mo

What was the reason dunzo failed in a nutshell? I mean zepto also is doing the same thing (which I know only exists until vc money is there). Did the unit economics fail miserably?

Kingdomofdreams

Dunzo15mo

Well zepto from day 1 focused on only one vertical, whereas dunzo was divided into multiple businesses. Hence the chance of zepto surviving the industry is more as QCommerce is a big market and they expanded really well.

Eren

Student15mo

I really want Dunzo to survive. There is no direct alternative to Dunzo currently. Ordering from small shops is not done by any other startup. I use them regularly for meat delivery