Accordingly bengaluru based online classifieds marketplace Quikr has laid off 500-600 people from various verticals and people have been laid off across real estate, automobile and job segments. Previously it was reported that Quikr was letting go of nearly 2,000 employees after it discontinued its AtHomeDiva services.
Furthermore Quikr told that it recently decided to tweak the operating model, which resulted in some "workforce rationalisation" and "discontinuation of AtHomeDiva services". Perhaps according to a report the mass layoff that started in november 2018 and ended on friday, is an outcome of a scam in which three employees allegedly forged business transactions to fictitious clients to earn millions in commission. The scam led to a loss of Rs 20 crore for the company.
Apparently Quikr said in a statement "Certain anomalies have come to our notice in our paying guest transaction business involving employees and we are working with external parties for legal action against all the parties involved. We may not be able to disclose more information as it may hamper the investigation". Moreover sccording to Livemint, this scam pertains to an internal employee fraud by mid-senior employees in the sales team at Grabhouse, which was Quikr’s real estate product, which first reported the matter, said that Quikr filed a complaint against its accounts head, area manager and zonal manager, and has alleged that they cheated the company by way of faking transactions in the name of non-existent clients.
