BouncyMarshmallow
BouncyMarshmallow

Ex Dunzo AMA

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

19mo ago
BubblyDonut
BubblyDonut
Groww19mo

What is exactly happening at dunzo, detail?

BouncyMarshmallow
BouncyMarshmallow
Dunzo19mo

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.

GigglyWaffle
GigglyWaffle
Dunzo19mo

Not just engineers, layoffs happened across the board.

JazzyBiscuit
JazzyBiscuit

will they survive?

BouncyMarshmallow
BouncyMarshmallow
Dunzo19mo

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

JazzyBiscuit
JazzyBiscuit

do they generally pay good salaries?

PrancingPancake
PrancingPancake

any commitment to people laid off? salary/severance?

BouncyMarshmallow
BouncyMarshmallow
Dunzo19mo

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

PrancingSushi
PrancingSushi

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

DancingDonut
DancingDonut

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?

BouncyMarshmallow
BouncyMarshmallow
Dunzo19mo

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.

SparklySushi
SparklySushi
Student19mo

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

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