- Data from tech hiring firm TopHire reveals around 100,000 employees have been laid off in India in two years, triple the number represented by publicly accessible data.
- Majority of these job losses occurred in the edtech sector with BYJU’s having the highest layoffs, followed by retail/e-commerce and then the food and quick commerce sectors.
- Subdued venture funding, leading to cost cuts, and corporate governance lapses are the main reasons behind these layoffs.