Over 1,000 Blinkit riders join rivals after recent strike over wage: Report

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Over 1,000 delivery executives of Zomato-owned Blinkit in Delhi-NCR have joined rival companies after the recent strike over a change in payout structure...

The delivery executives have joined rival quick commerce businesses such as Swiggy Instamart, Zepto, and Big Basket, reported The Economic Times quoting industry executives...

The development could be a fresh blow to Blinkit after it faced a week-long strike from its delivery executives, following its decision to alter the payout structure..

It may be noted that Blinkit has around 200 dark stores in Delhi-NCR, and delivery executives use these warehouses to pick up goods that need to be delivered to customers within a 2-3 kilometre radius...

Quoting a person aware of the development, the report said Blinkit had close to 3,000 delivery executives in Delhi-NCR on its platform prior to the strike, but one-third of them have now joined other platforms after protesting for a week...

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