GigglyCoconut
GigglyCoconut

Paytm is laying off people since May 27 (forced resignation)

HR is having 15-20 meets everyday, anyone can confirm with their calendar.

Multiple HRs multiple laid off people. Zero severance. They are pressuring people to resign and saying you have to resign today itself!

Market is going to get flooded with Paytm folks.

Worst regret is that management and CEO made bad decisions and flunked compliance / risk. But after crackdown by RBI they are making employees suffer.

It is heard that this will continue to go on till months.

There should be a course on how to behave and work like a CEO.

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CosmicDumpling
CosmicDumpling

Hence whenever a company is hiring HRBPs, know that layoffs are around the corner. If a company is hiring TA folks, hiring is around the corner

DancingTaco
DancingTaco
Student10mo

What's HRBPs?

PeppyMuffin
PeppyMuffin

In my office, TA were converted as HRBP then HRBP as TA.

SillyBanana
SillyBanana

Sadly after serving for 7+ years , have been thrown out out

GigglyCoconut
GigglyCoconut

You have spend 7 years in Paytm. 🫡

Was work from home the biggest reason for you to stay? Or something else?

SillyBanana
SillyBanana

Wfh plus near to my home and I was enjoying even

PrancingPotato
PrancingPotato

Heard that their CHRO is also moving out and joining Adobe

JazzyUnicorn
JazzyUnicorn
PayTM10mo

She moved already.

PrancingPotato
PrancingPotato

Ok

SparklyBiscuit
SparklyBiscuit
PayTM10mo

I expect this firing will continue till July or Aug.

SqueakyTaco
SqueakyTaco

Paytm is firing for last 2-3 months . It has become formal now only. I would classify is as silent layoff while earlier it was a secret layoff going on.

GoofyBagel
GoofyBagel
Udaan10mo

The same is being done by flipkart silently. They intentionally gave bad ratings to the people and than no discussion over the same and giving some lame reasons for their performance and asking them to resign as soon as possible. They have already cleared a layer of around thousands. These companies are doing this to make them look good in the market and to prevent their share price or like flipkart who are going to have ipo soon and this unprofessional behaviour will ruin their reputation.
Same with paytm as if this news comes in market than its share prices will be impacted adversely.

SnoozySushi
SnoozySushi

are IIM MBA folks getting impacted by this? there are a lot of IIM people in paytm in prod manager roles

DizzyBanana
DizzyBanana

Yes. I personally know such people in Product and Growth who have been impacted by this.

QuirkyBiscuit
QuirkyBiscuit

Tech itself is a scam

GigglyCoconut
GigglyCoconut

Companies like Paytm are.

They have no viable research now and want to ride the old wave of payments. Payments market is saturated now.

Since there is no Innovation by Paytm in recent times, and thrash back of RBI, they have moved to firing employees.

GoofyLlama
GoofyLlama

This is happening since a long time. I got laid off in March itself. And I know of people getting laid off since January. Even before the RBI issue.

GigglyCoconut
GigglyCoconut

Correct. In December they reduced headcount. Then in Jan. Then there is no stopping. And now they have added fuel to fire.

No severance, only 2 months standard notice period pay.

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
Plivo10mo

We are regressing in most of the Indian tech companies in terms of culture

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Layoffs
by GigglyCoconutSoftware Engineer

Paytm employees have started fighting layoffs

Paytm asked them for forced resignation, and requested back the joining / retention bonus from them for no fault of their own.

What leadership quality does the executives have - they don't know how to run a fintech company with complia...

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by PeppyCoconutPayTM

Here is what is happening at Paytm

  1. some people are pressured into resigning under the guise of poor performance, despite years of dedication.
  2. sudden demand for employees to work from the office on specific days, hinting at wanting people to quit on their own.
  3. l...
Layoffs
by ZestyUnicornPayTM

Layoffs coming up at Paytm

Heard that Paytm is planning to layoff 10% of entire work force. Across all levels.

Heard cases that folks who were hired at market premium less than 30 days ago are now being asked to leave the organisation.

And the layoffs will be h...

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Actually, these are not layoffs. They recently changed their PIP policy and set a " at least 10%" quota for compulsor...

Delhi NCR
by ZestyUnicornPayTM

Massive Layoffs Coming - Paytm

There are news that massive layoffs are coming in Paytm. HR and Business Heads have been given targets - average 30% reduction expected across all teams. #bravenewworld

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Poor timing !! Festive season, Christmas/new year and these layoffs. It's a remainder for everyone that compani...

user

They're citing AI is the reason for layoffs as if they've invented AGI LOL

user

Will this affect engg and product also? Or only business