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Festive season: Job bonanza for gig workers
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
|August 26, 2025
Experts see festive sales to grow in double digits compared to last year as discretionary spending returns to forefront
AS India gears up for the two-month festive season starting early September, leading e-commerce and quick commerce platforms are aggressively ramping up recruitment of gig workers across various roles.
Flipkart on Monday announced plans to expand its workforce by over 2.2 lakh people ahead of the festive rush. These hires will be deployed across warehouses, delivery operations, team leadership, and customer experience functions. Of the total, about 10% will be women, along with specially-abled individuals and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Flipkart said it is scaling employment opportunities, infrastructure, and technology deployment across 28 states.
This story is from the August 26, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kalaburagi.
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