VerSe Innovation, the parent company of news aggregator platform DailyHunt and short-video platform Josh, laid off around 150 employees, or nearly 5% of its total workforce of 3,000, last week.
Furthermore, the startup has decided to implement an 11% pay cut for employees earning more than INR 10 lakh per year, according to the sources. “In light of the current economic climate, we, like other businesses, have reviewed our strategic priorities.” The majority of those affected by the layoffs work for VerSe’s short-video platform Josh. According to Inc42’s layoff tracker, Indian startups have laid off over 16K employees so far in 2022, despite a funding winter.
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VerSe Innovation, the parent company of news aggregator platform DailyHunt and short-video platform Josh, laid off around 150 employees, or nearly 5% of its total workforce of 3,000, last week.
Furthermore, the startup has decided to implement an 11% pay cut for employees earning more than INR 10 lakh per year, according to the sources. “In light of the current economic climate, we, like other businesses, have reviewed our strategic priorities.” The majority of those affected by the layoffs work for VerSe’s short-video platform Josh. According to Inc42’s layoff tracker, Indian startups have laid off over 16K employees so far in 2022, despite a funding winter.
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