Internet cos offer thousands of jobs to meet surging demand for online services

A perceptible shift in consumer behaviour towards online services in the aftermath of the nationwide lockdown to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, which led to significant growth for internet companies during the period, has translated into these companies make a beeline in the job market.

On Sunday, online marketplace Amazon India announced 20,000 seasonal opportunities in the customer service segment across Hyderabad, Pune, Coimbatore, Noida, Kolkata, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Mangaluru, Indore, Bhopal and Lucknow. This was preceded by companies like Bigbasket and Grofers (e-grocery segment), Paytm Mall (e-commerce), BharatPe (financial technology), Licious (online meat delivery), NoBroker.com (online real estate), and Ecom Express (logistics) also announcing hiring at a time when several consumer internet companies have laid off employees with an aim to cut costs.