Zomato sacks close to 5,000 gig workers a month due to cases involving fraud, while another 150,000 to 200,000 workers leave the fast food delivery platform on their own, its parent firm Eternal's founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal said. In a video podcast with YouTuber Raj Shamani, Goyal said that those who choose to leave the platform consider gig work as a temporary job. Several gig workers operating on quick commerce and food delivery platforms, including Zomato, had gone on a flash strike during New Year's Eve, in support of their demand for high wages, better working conditions and security coverage. All about ETHospitalityWorld industry right on your smartphone! Download the ETHospitalityWorld App and get the Realtime updates and Save your favourite articles.

Source: Economic Times January 06, 2026 02:20 UTC