Nobody paid anything to work with us: Zomato CEO’s hiring update on chief of staff post

Zomato Founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal, who recently faced online outrage for the eligibility criteria for a Chief of Staff vacancy, said on Wednesday that the company received over 18,000 applications, with 30 candidates offered various positions. He also clarified that “nobody paid anything to work with us.” In a “hiring update” post on X, he shared that 18 out of the 30 selected individuals have already joined Zomato (and other group companies like Blinkit) in “high-impact roles” and “they’re being handsomely compensated” for the value they bring.