Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha joined the rising debate on work-life steadiness, seeming to recommend that he has “nothing against” the idea. Nevertheless, a bit of the web believes his put up is a delicate response to a viral Reddit put up accusing Zepto of selling a “poisonous work tradition”.
Zepto’s 22-year-old CEO Aadit Palicha. His recent post on work-life balance is viral. (File Photo) What did Aadit Palicha post?
“I have nothing against work-life balance. In fact, I recommend it to all our competitors,” he wrote on Wednesday morning. He quickly followed up with another post: “FYI, not my quote – read it from an interview of Daksh Gupta.”
Palicha, 22, was indeed quoting Daksh Gupta, an Indian-origin CEO in San Francisco, who is under fire for advocating 84-hour workweeks at his AI startup, who posted the same words on X last month.
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Palicha’s post received several comments, including a few where people mentioned the Reddit post in which an anonymous user, claiming to be a Zepto employee, called out the quick-commerce startup for allegedly fostering “toxic work culture”.
HT.com can’t confirm the authenticity of the Reddit put up. We’ve reached out to Zepto for an announcement, and this report can be up to date when the corporate responds.
One particular person wrote, “Ah, burning the midnight oil to dunk on poisonous work tradition posts on Reddit? Daring technique! So, what time’s your first assembly as we speak—asking to your espresso machine.” One other added, “8 am is the new 2 am.” A 3rd commented, “Either managers or someone from top brass is driving against the work-life balance. That Reddit confession post is not s**t.”
What does the Reddit put up declare?
“I have been working with Zepto for a year now. It is the most toxic work culture. I want to post this now because it has lots of publicity but only we know how bad things are,” reads part of the viral put up.
The Redditor claimed that the corporate has lengthy working hours. The person alleged that conferences on the organisation begin at 2 am within the morning because the CEO begins his work at 2 pm “because he cannot wake up early”.
The post further claimed that the company exploits young workers by making them work long hours and is gearing up for a “massive round of layoffs.”
Aadit Palicha is the second youngest particular person featured on the Hurun India Wealthy Record this 12 months, with a web price of ₹4,300 crore. He co-founded Zepto together with Stanford dropout Kaivalya Vohra in 2021.