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#EXCLUSIVE | @upGrad_edu is rushing its employees back to #Mumbai and #Bengaluru⁠ offices⁠— and relocating many without more money or temp accommodation

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@upGrad_edu @RonnieScrewvala @SanchDash It’s not just that people who decided to move back home during the lockdown are being called back. Even those who were hired to work in other cities are being moved either to #Bengaluru or #Mumbai.

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@upGrad_edu @RonnieScrewvala @SanchDash Employees have less than a week to comply with the order. And they have not been offered additional money or support in terms of temporary accommodation.

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@upGrad_edu @RonnieScrewvala @SanchDash Just as fast as the phrase ‘new normal’ became overused since the #COVID19Pandemic broke, it seems to have disappeared in a similarly shocking pace for the employees of @upGrad_edu.

@upGrad_edu @RonnieScrewvala @SanchDash Sources at the famed edtech startup, owned by millionaire @RonnieScrewvala, told Business Insider that the management is pushing its employees to report back to office, in #Mumbai or #Bengaluru.

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@upGrad_edu @RonnieScrewvala @SanchDash What makes it difficult for those who were remotely working for upGrad is that they have less than a week to comply with the order.

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@upGrad_edu @RonnieScrewvala @SanchDash “Earlier, we were told that work from home has been extended to June 2021 and that if there’s any change we will be given a one month notice,” an employee told Business Insider. The hurried shift could be many times more difficult for employees with children and dependent parents

@upGrad_edu @RonnieScrewvala @SanchDash There are over 2,000 people working at @upGrad_edu. The edtech major increased its employee headcount four-fold within a short period of 8 months.

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@upGrad_edu @RonnieScrewvala @SanchDash Scaling up at that speed required the company “to review and restructure its people’s policies, as employees prepare to continue working remotely till June 2021,” according to a press release in November, 2020.

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@upGrad_edu @RonnieScrewvala @SanchDash According to many employees, the pressure is mostly on the sales team. “Revenues have dipped in January is what we have heard,” said at least a couple of sources that Business Insider spoke to.

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