Startup salaries have increased over 40 per cent in the last six months
Oct 20, 2021
By: kritti.bhalla@timesinternet.in
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Digital payments giant RazorPay has rolled out its latest analysis of how hiring and salary trends of the Indians startups were in the first half of financial year 2022.
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The company has relied on its neo-banking platform RazorPayX, which helps businesses manage their financial tasks and automate them.
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The data shared by the company is from payroll data of over 25,000 employees across 360 startups in India from 15 sectors. These are the companies that use RazorPayX Payroll.
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Indian startups have witnessed a 43 percent increase in salary spend as the country recovers from the impact of COVID-19.
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Several Indian startups had to resort to pay cuts and freeze all appraisals as the country suffered the pandemic. This seemed to be the way out for these companies to increase their lifeline and save up the money in the bank.
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RazorPay has noted that bonuses have increased by 23 percent between April to September 2021. Compared to last year, there is a 52 percent increase in organisations giving out bonuses.
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However, certain sectors — real estate, hospitality and agritech — are still recovering from COVID-19 blues and were not able to give bonuses yet. They are gradually stabilising.
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Nearly 57 percent of the organisations witnessed an increase in hiring, while 28 percent saw their headcount decrease in the last six months.
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During the last six months, employee headcount in entry-level roles grew by 14 percent. The demand for mid-level roles grew by 31 percent and mid-senior roles grew by 38 percent.
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There has been a 50 percent increase in reimbursement to employees in the last six months, compared to October 2020 to March 2021.
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