India, Feb. 5 -- Deepinder Goyal has provided an update on his chief of staff vacancy at Zomato, saying 18 people have already joined the company in high-impact roles. Another 12 have been offered jobs at Zomato and group companies like Blinkit, he announced.

In an X post this morning, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal said all the people who joined the group in high-impact roles are being "handsomely compensated" for the value they bring, and none of them have had to pay Zomato anything.

This clarification comes after his controversial job posting in November 2024 where Goyal said he was looking for a chief of staff who would not be paid a salary for one year. Instead, the selected candidate would have to donate Rs.20 lakh to Zomato, the CEO ...