Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal looking for Chief of Staff: Will have to pay ₹20 lakh ‘fee’, no salary for first year | Company Business News-OxBig News Network

Zomato Ltd’s founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Deepinder Goyal, on Wednesday, November 20, said that he is looking for a “Chief of Staff” for himself in a social media post on LinkedIn. The chief of staff candidate will have to pay an opportunity “fee” of ₹20 lakh to the food delivery giant and will receive no pay for the first year of employment.

“I am looking for a chief of staff for myself,” said Goyal in his LinkedIn post.

In the post on the job platform, Goyal is on the hunt for a candidate and is offering an opportunity to someone who is willing to spend ₹20 lakh as an opportunity fee, which will be donated directly to the charity Feeding India. 

“There is no salary for this role for the first year. You will have to, in fact, pay ₹20 lacs for this opportunity. 100% of this ‘fee’ will be paid in the form of a donation directly to Feeding India (if you are offered the role, and you accept it),” according to the job offer. 

The post highlighted that the salary of a Chief of Staff is ₹50 lakh, and the company will contribute the same amount to a charity of the selected candidate’s choice. 

“At our end, we want to demonstrate that we are not trying to save money here – we will contribute ₹50 lacs (equivalent to a Chief of Staff salary) to a charity of your choice,” as per the offer. 

From the second year, the company will start to pay the selected candidate the usual salary, i.e., more than ₹50 lakh, which will be subject to discussion at the start of the second year. 

“Second year onwards, we will start paying you the usual salary (definitely more than 50 lacs, but something we will only talk about at the start of Year 2),” said the job posting.