Overview
- A Delhi recruiter detailed on Reddit how a candidate’s monsoon-specific pay demand led him to discover his own cab rides had doubled in cost during July downpours.
- The thread has been amplified by Hindustan Times, Mint and other outlets, generating hundreds of comments on r/indiaworkplace in support of weather-related workplace adjustments.
- Online contributors have proposed that companies reimburse surge fares, permit work-from-home or late arrivals on rainy days and extend such flexibility during severe pollution episodes.
- Surge pricing remains a common gripe for commuters in Delhi and Bengaluru, with reports of app fares jumping to ₹415 for short trips in the wet season.
- Despite mounting calls for a formal ‘rain allowance’, no leading employers or regulators have adopted monsoon-specific travel compensation or remote work policies.