Overview
- On Dec. 11, Zomato chief executive Deepinder Goyal shared and praised Atharv Singh’s note about joining the company’s design team after working at Blinkit.
- Singh said he paid his own college fees and rent without family support, turning to gig work to manage expenses during his design studies.
- He described discovering a Blinkit hiring ad on Instagram, joining a nearby dark store as a picker, and working there for four months.
- Goyal posted on X, "Stories like this make all of it absolutely worth it," after replying, "Thanks for sharing your story. Lit me up."
- In a follow-up message, Singh thanked Goyal and wrote that he looks forward to seeing him at the office, as coverage cast the journey as a case of mobility in India’s tech-enabled services.