Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal said that most applicants willing to pay Rs 20 lakh for his Chief of Staff role would be rejected.
After facing severe backlash over the Chief of Staff job role that he offered on November 20, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal said that most of the applicants who are willing to pay Rs 20 lakh for it would be rejected.
The job role, based at Zomato’s Gurugram headquarters, sparked backlash on social media due to its unusual terms—no salary for the first year and a hefty Rs 20 lakh fee required from candidates.
However, Goyal clarified in an update that this “wasn’t just another hiring post” but a “filter” that would be used to select candidates who had the “power to appreciate the opportunity of a fast-track career, without getting bogged down by the constraints in front of them.”
Furthermore, Goyal added that Zomato will be rejecting “most of the applications who have the money, or even talked about the money.”
“As some people pointed out, the ‘you have to pay us 20 lacs’ was merely a filter, to find people who had the power to appreciate the opportunity of a fast track career, without getting bogged down by the constraints in front of them. We are going to reject most of the applications who have the money, or even talked about the money. We are going to find genuine intent and learning mindset from the sea of applications we have received,” Goyal said in his post.