Swiggy’s service is interrupted in Chennai as workers protest against the new policy introduced by the company. The new policy seems to be unfavorable to workers.
Swiggy has recently updated its pay structure. In accordance with that, it has cancelled all the weekly incentives issued to the workers.
Since the pay structure is unfavourable, workers are protesting against the new scheme. The protest was carried out in many regions of Chennai.
Customers have been reporting Swiggy for the interrupted service and the delay in delivery.
What is the new scheme about?
Swiggy’s new scheme is an update to its pay structure. There are several changes made in the number of working hours and targets to be achieved in a week.
The new scheme has a fixed slab rate of salary as per the delivery and time. A full-time delivery person should make 180 deliveries each week to get a salary of Rs. 11,500.
It gives various preferences to the types of food like breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner. Constrained by so many factors, the workers may not be able to meet the deadlines.
This new scheme focuses mainly on the number of working hours and the number of deliveries. As per the scheme, the worker should work at least 16 hours a day to meet the salary.
The salary structure has excluded the weekly incentive as well.
How are Swiggy employees exploited?
The main reason could be the duration. Working for 16 hours a day will be exhausting for a delivery person.
Previously, the workers were given Rs. 1,500 as a weekly incentive, but now that has been removed.
Taking home the decreased salary will be insufficient for the workers to meet their economic needs.
The new slab rates will adversely affect the lives of swiggy workers. However, Swiggy has reported that the new changes made are only to benefit the workers by giving opportunity to everyone.
Employees must be considered as the resources of the company. Exploiting the workers by providing an insufficient salary could affect the company’s goodwill.
