BookMyShow lays off 200 employees amid Covid-19, CEO urges ‘new home’ for staff

Amid the raging coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, online movie and events ticketing brand BookMyShow has laid off as many as 200 employees, informed Ashish Hemrajani, the chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of BookMyShow’s parent company Bigtree Entertainment. The online ticketing brand had last year in May laid off and furloughed 270 employees, which formed 18.6% of its workforce, across offices worldwide. Hemrajani thanked each and every employee for backing BookMyShow during this tumultuous phase of the pandemic and tweeted out asking for help on finding new jobs for the recently laid-off workers.

Taking to his Twitter handle, Bigtree Entertainment CEO Ashish Hemrajani hailed the “character” of these 200 employees who were recently laid off,