DizzyNarwhal
DizzyNarwhal

Swiggy officially announced Tech layoffs today

140 affected in Teach

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PerkyDumpling
PerkyDumpling

Crazy while they hire associate software engineers

DizzyNarwhal
DizzyNarwhal
Swiggy16mo

They are hiring ASE at much lower salary to replace senior Engineers

PrancingCoconut
PrancingCoconut
Amazon16mo

That's fucked

BubblyBanana
BubblyBanana
Swiggy16mo

source?

DizzyNarwhal
DizzyNarwhal
Swiggy16mo

Swiggy Internal townhall. 6 from my team got laid off.

BubblyBanana
BubblyBanana
Swiggy16mo

😭

SquishyBanana
SquishyBanana

Are techies shooting themselves in foot by automating their work?

SquishyUnicorn
SquishyUnicorn

Yes.

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
Plivo16mo

What’s the total strength of tech?

DizzyNarwhal
DizzyNarwhal
Swiggy16mo

Around 750

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
Plivo16mo

😯 almost 20%

PerkyBanana
PerkyBanana

Wasn’t the number close to 400? That’s what the publications posted

DizzyNarwhal
DizzyNarwhal
Swiggy16mo

400 in Total. 140 is from Tech

PerkyBanana
PerkyBanana

Which were the other functions impacted?

MagicalPotato
MagicalPotato

Why are they laying off and hiring Associate Software Engineera at the same time?

DizzyNarwhal
DizzyNarwhal
Swiggy16mo

Salary of "New" ASDE: 10- 12 LPA
Min Salary of SDE 1: 18 LPA

FluffyPanda
FluffyPanda
Swiggy16mo

It’s not even 10 but 8lpa

PeppyMarshmallow
PeppyMarshmallow
Zepto16mo

was it random or performance/ctc based?

DizzyNarwhal
DizzyNarwhal
Swiggy16mo

Not sure how they did this but many good Engineers who were pillars of the team and were from Swiggy's initial days were also laid off.

SquishyUnicorn
SquishyUnicorn

SWE is the new BPO

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge16mo

Hope you are safe @UndefinedVariable 🙏

BouncyMarshmallow
BouncyMarshmallow

Its the end of Product software engineer Era

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