E-commerce industry plans to hire in big numbers this festival season

Last year in October, Amazon India said it created more than 1,00,000 seasonal job opportunities across its operations network for the Indian festive season

India’s e-commerce industry is planning to hire in big numbers this festival season to cater to an estimated 35 per cent surge in sales. It might onboard as many as 1 million gig workers and 250,000 contractual workers, suggests a report by TeamLease Services.

Industry sources see companies like Flipkart, Amazon and Meesho, as well as quick commerce ones like Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy Instamart, creating hundreds of thousands of seasonal jobs for the upcoming festival season.

“Meesho aims to enable about 250,000 seasonal job opportunities through its partnership with third-party logistics players like Ecom Express, Delhivery, Shadowfax, Xpressbees