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<keyword id="1464841" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="edtech" source="Orion">Edtech</keyword> major <keyword id="6630114" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="unacademy" source="Orion">Unacademy</keyword> has laid off 12 per cent of its workforce or over 350 employees in its latest round of job cuts. Gaurav <keyword id="6320" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="munjal" source="Orion">Munjal</keyword>, co-founder and CEO of Unacademy, announced the latest layoffs in a <keyword id="1815769" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="slack" source="Orion">Slack</keyword> message to employees, reports <keyword id="179988" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="techcrunch" source="Orion">TechCrunch</keyword>. "We have taken every step in the right decision to make our core business profitable, yet it's not enough. We have to go further, we have to go deeper," Munjal was quoted as saying. "Today's reality is a contrast from two years ago when we saw unprecedented growth because of the accelerated adoption of online learning. Today, the global economy is enduring a recession, funding is scarce and running a profitable business is key. We have to adapt to these changes, build and operate in a much leaner manner so we can truly create value for our users and shareholders," he added. Moreover, in a message to employees, Munjal stated that he takes "complete responsibility for the way things have turned out". In November last year, Unacademy laid off 10 per cent of its workforce or nearly 350 employees, as funding winter deepens for the Indian startup ecosystem. Earlier this year, Unacademy-run Relevel laid off 40 employees, or 20 per cent of its workforce, as it shifts its focus from the education business to "tests product" and a new app called NextLevel. Meanwhile, another edtech major BYJU's has laid off a further 15 per cent of its employees from its engineering teams, as the company continues phased layoffs to remain growth-oriented in a global economic meltdown. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/meet-the-tigers-elephants-rabbits-and-turtles-of-the-e-commerce-jungle/articleshow/99109220.cms">Meet the tigers, elephants, rabbits and turtles of the e-commerce jungle</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/how-to-subscribe-verified-blue-tick-on-facebook-and-instagram/articleshow/99108865.cms">Get verified blue tick on Facebook and Instagram now: Here’s how to subscribe and price details</a>

Unacademy lays off 12% of workforce in its latest round of job cuts

<ul><li>With the suspension of classes and employees working from home, the demand for <keyword id="23248" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Online-learning">online learning</keyword> has ramped up. </li><li>To facilitate that, edtech platforms like <keyword id="2008319" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Upgrad">upGrad</keyword>, <keyword id="6630114" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="unacademy">Unacademy</keyword> and Byju’s are hiring across roles despite the pandemic. </li><li>Here a few of those opportunities in edtech companies.</li></ul>The <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">Coronavirus</keyword> pandemic has resulted in nationwide lockdown. With the suspension of classes and employees working from home, the demand for online learning grew exponentially. To facilitate that, edtech platforms like upGrad, Unacademy and Byju’s are hiring across roles, unlike many other sectors which are looking to cut costs. Every week, Business Insider collates interesting vacancies across marquee organisations. This week we bring job openings across elearning platforms. Here a few of those opportunities: Byju’s <div type="image" title="byju" msid="75243521" hostid="261"></div> Position: Backend Engineer Location: Bangalore Experience: Not specified Eligibility: Bachelor's degree Byju’s is inviting applications for a backend engineer who will be responsible for writing high quality codes and unit tests as per the SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle). He will be responsible for building solutions for Byju’s core learning apps, co-branded platforms, new launches, product development and personalized learning experiences. The candidate must have problem solving skills along with the ability to write efficient codes. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1166455257/">here</a>. upGrad <div type="image" title="ronnie" msid="75243539" hostid="261"></div> Position: Product Design Lead Location: Mumbai Experience: Minimum 7 years Eligibility: Experience in leading product design teams Ronnie Screwvala backed upGrad is hiring a product lead for its design team. The candidate will be responsible for defining the product design strategy for upGrad. As the strategic design leader, the candidate will crack complex problems and develop strategies. He will mentor the design team to identify efficiency, and promote high-output designs so as to improve the customer experience. He will also be responsible to look after the design standards, documentation and other processes. The candidate must have experience in recruiting, hiring, and retaining multi-disciplinary design teams along with good communication skills. Interested candidates can apply<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1756743368/"> here</a>. Unacademy <div type="image" title="unacademy" msid="75243607" hostid="261"></div> Position: Product Designer Location: Bangalore Experience: Minimum 1 year Eligibility: Not Specified Unacademy is hiring a product designer. The hired candidate will develop designs using prototyping tools like marvel, figma and framer. To apply for the job, the candidate must have worked on consumer-facing products. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1829601426/">here</a>. Udacity <div type="image" title="udacity" msid="75243620" hostid="261"></div> Position: Student Support Representative Location: Delhi Experience: Minimum 1 year Eligibility: Not specified Udacity is looking for a student support representative who will be responsible for resolving all student queries in a timely and efficient manner. The candidate will also make recommendations based on the learner’s interests and later execute improvements as per feedback. The candidate should have experience in communicating with customers on phone, email, and chat and flexible with zendesk, google docs, online chat programs and emails. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1828427933/">here</a>. Byju’s <div type="image" title="byjus" msid="75243626" hostid="261"></div> Position: Business Development Associate Location: Bangalore Experience: Not Specified Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree - any specialisation Byju’s is hiring a business development associate in Bengaluru. The selected candidate will be responsible for improving sales for the company. The candidate will have weekly targets to achieve. To apply for the role, he must have interest in education and communication skills to drive sales. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1830865577/">here</a>. Udemy <div type="image" title="computer-506756_1920" msid="75243596" hostid="261"></div> Position: Commercial Account Executive Location: Delhi Experience: Minimum 2 years Eligibility: B2B sales experience required Online learning platform Udemy is looking to hire a commercial account executive. The candidate will be responsible for developing and closing new ‘Udemy for Business’ sales across a range of companies and verticals. The selected hire would be required to execute account plans to achieve revenue goals, deliver sales forecasts and conduct product demonstrations. He will work towards customer satisfaction, work closely with marketing, product, customer success teams. To apply for the job, the candidate must have negotiating skills and experience with selling licenses, products and subscriptions to companies. Interested candidates can apply <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1647826001/">here</a>.

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In some cheer for those who have lost jobs in the ongoing funding winter and global macro-economic conditions, most laid-off tech employees have landed new jobs within three months of starting their search. The <keyword id="6384660" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="wall-street-journal" source="Orion">Wall Street Journal</keyword> reported, citing a <keyword id="3345871" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="ziprecruiter" source="Orion">ZipRecruiter</keyword> survey, that nearly 79 per cent of terminated staff in the tech industry landed a new job within three months. It, whoever, did not divulge information on whether they got new jobs on the same, above or lower pay packages as the industry is reeling under several pessimistic factors, which will continue in 2023. Nearly four in 10 previously laid-off tech workers found jobs less than a month after they began searching, the survey found. "Despite the widespread layoffs, hiring freezes, and cost-cutting taking place in tech, many tech workers are finding reemployment remarkably quickly," <keyword id="12666243" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="julia-pollak" source="Orion">Julia Pollak</keyword>, chief economist at ZipRecruiter, was quoted as saying. Workers employed in other industries, like entertainment and leisure, transportation and delivery and manufacturing, also found new jobs quickly, the data showed. Google, Amazon and some other tech companies are set to lay off more workers in early 2023. The ZipRecruiter data also showed that about 5 per cent of laid-off tech workers who found jobs from April to October had spent more than six months hunting for work, down from 26 per cent of those hired between August 2021 and February 2022. Thousands lost jobs amid deepening funding winter in 2022 as massive layoffs by the tech companies this year alone surpassed the levels from the Great Recession the world went through in 2008-2009 that began with the <keyword id="50209" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="lehman-brothers" source="Orion">Lehman Brothers</keyword> collapse. More than 91,000 workers in the US tech sector were laid off in mass job cuts in 2022, according to a Crunchbase tally. Over 17,000 tech employees were shown the door in India, led by ed-tech companies like BYJU's, Unacademy, Vedantu and others. The startup ecosystem's funding winter could last another 12 to 18 months. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/kfin-technologies-lists-at-nearly-1-premium-on-bourses-despite-weak-market-sentiment/articleshow/96586058.cms">KFin Technologies lists at nearly 1% premium on bourses despite weak market sentiment</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/amazon-starts-delivering-orders-by-drones-in-us-states/articleshow/96586213.cms">Amazon starts delivering orders by drones in US states</a>

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As the government begins to take steps to fix <keyword id="1464841" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="edtech" source="Orion">edtech</keyword> platforms like <keyword id="2900267" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="byju" source="Orion">BYJU</keyword>'s, several parents have shared their plight on social media and professional networking platforms as representatives from online education providers continue to force them to buy courses. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs recently pulled up edtech firms during a meeting with them and self-regulatory organisation India Edtech Consortium (<keyword id="306435" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="iec" source="Orion">IEC</keyword>) amid aggressive misselling of courses to parents. "Hey BYJU'S and <keyword id="8080458" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="whitehat-jr" source="Orion">WhiteHat Jr</keyword>... Trust me I am pushing my daughter to start learning coding, and do IIT JEE preparations with you guys, but she is just not willing to do so. Kids these days don't listen to their parents. She just wants to be an artist. So, please stop calling me to sell these plans/devices," Prashant <keyword id="445" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="sharma" source="Orion">Sharma</keyword>, who is into business development and a consultant with a penchant for storytelling, posted on LinkedIn. His post led to a barrage of similar situation being faced by parents all over the country, who are fed by constant aggressive selling of courses by the edtech representatives. <keyword id="14487485" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="srikant-ganesh" source="Orion">Srikant Ganesh</keyword>, Vice President at Dentsu Creative India, posted that he can totally relate to Sharma's experience. "My 9 year old son's into chess, plays the keyboard and is into speed-cubing and has no inclination towards computers / coding as such. I believe BYJU's and WhiteHat's of the world realise that there's more to kids these days than just learning to code and yes! They have a mind of their own and no one can push them into something they are not inclined towards. This false sense of FOMO being created by such brands should stop and so should the calls," Ganesh lamented. After the Centre took serious note of mis-selling of courses to parents by edtech firms, self-regulatory organisation IEC said it is committed to protecting consumer interest and has resolved 100 per cent complaints received till June. However, fresh complaints surfaced on social media platforms this month, indicating that the problem has not been addressed in totality. "This happened to me. The sales representatives of #Byju's need to be trained to handle a 'No'. I have personally experienced this when a representative called my wife and she said that we don't want to enroll. He kept calling and then I had to intervene. He kept insisting that your child had been registered on their site, so how could we say No! He didn't seem to understand and finally I had to explain to him by activating my desi side. I registered my complaint on their site but it was removed the next day," posted Dheeraj Grover, Senior Manager, HR, at VVDN Technologies. Thangarathnavel M., Head of Business Development-South Asia at German company Covestro, said on LinkedIn that he could fully relate to it too. "I had enrolled my son 2 years back but it was not much of any use. Few months back I started receiving calls from them again to enrol my son for the physical classes. But even after saying no, the calls never stopped. Once I gave a piece of my mind to one of the callers and asked him to share the mobile number of Mr. BYJU. Now the calls have stopped coming. Hope they stop this forever," he described his plight. Earlier this month, the Centre warned edtech companies against unfair trade practices. In a meeting with the IEC, Consumer Affairs Secretary, Rohit <keyword id="255172" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="kumar-singh" source="Orion">Kumar Singh</keyword>, said that if self-regulation does not curb unfair trade practices, then stringent guidelines would be formulated for ensuring transparency. The meeting was attended by representatives of the IAMAI, along with IEC member companies including upGrad, BYJU'S, Unacademy, Vedantu, Great Learning, WhiteHat Jr, and Sunstone. During the meeting, issues pertaining to unfair trade practices and misleading advertisements for the Indian edtech sector figured prominently. 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<ul><li>BYJU's is an <keyword id="1464841" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="edtech" source="Orion">edtech</keyword> platform founded in 2015 with a current valuation of $22 billion. </li><li>Management of the edtech platform says cost-cutting is being done to “achieve overall profitability by March 2023”. </li><li>Many edtech firms have resorted to layoffs this year. </li></ul>Indian edtech decacorn BYJU's announced yesterday that it has laid off 2,500 employees as it has consolidated the many platforms it has acquired – like Toppr, Meritnation, <keyword id="192259" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="tutorvista" source="Orion">TutorVista</keyword>, Scholar and HashLearn. This move, the company said, is a way to avoid redundancies in job roles and the layoffs constitute 5% of its workforce. “These measures will help us achieve profitability in the defined time frame of March 2023," said Mrinal Mohit, CEO, BYJU'S India business. As per the audited FY21 financials that it released last month after an 18-month delay, its losses widened by 20 times to ₹4,589 crore. In the last three years, the company has been on an acquisition spree. Its biggest one so far is that of offline test preparatory services provider Aakash for $1 billion in 2021. The payments to PE major Blackstone, which owned 38% in Aakash, were eventually <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/business/byjus-clears-230-million-dues-to-blackstone-for-aakash-acquisition/article65931486.ece">cleared by the company, albeit after delays</a>. It has also purchased Singapore-based <keyword id="6559242" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="great-learning" source="Orion">Great Learning</keyword> for $600 million in 2021. Both these entities will function independently, <keyword id="3320944" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="byjus" source="Orion">Byjus</keyword> had said. Edtechs in trouble This year, many edtech companies have been suffering from loss of clientele after offline classes have commenced and screen fatigue. Since July this year, many edtech companies like Unacademy and Vedantu have been laying off <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/60000-jobs-in-startup-companies-may-lose-their-jobs-this-year-in-india-experts-say/amp_articleshow/91804572.cms">employees</a>. Byju’s which has by then also made its presence felt in offline coaching, is also known to have gone down the same path. As per reports, <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/byju-s-owned-whitehat-jr-lays-off-300-employees-in-latest-round-of-job-cuts-122062900323_1.html">WhiteHat Jr, owned by Byju's</a>, laid off around 300 employees in June from the code-teaching and sales teams. However, various <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/business/byjus-lays-off-over-2500-employees-in-toppr-and-whitehat-jr-to-cut-costs-5463853.html">media reports have pegged the layoff </a>number between 1,500-2,500. The company vehemently denied the numbers, but did admit to retrenchments. “To recalibrate our business priorities and accelerate our long-term growth, we are optimizing our teams across our group companies. This entire exercise involves less than 500 employees from across Byju's group companies,” the company spokesperson said after denying the 2,500 layoff number. In good shape says management The edtech giant, which is valued at around $22 billion and is the first edtech unicorn in India has also been under scrutiny for various reasons. The company management however insists that it is in good shape. <keyword id="5563078" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="divya-gokulnath" source="Orion">Divya Gokulnath</keyword>, the company’s co-founder also came out in defense of the company saying that a lot has happened since its FY21 results and its widened losses have already been cut by half in FY22. “It’s easy to forget that we are 18 months post FY21, and that BYJU’S has grown more than 4 times in this span,” she wrote in an open letter on LinkedIn. For this year, the company has set a target to achieve $2 billion in revenues. The company founder has stated time <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/byju-s-focusing-on-profitable-growth-2-bn-revenue-within-the-sights-ceo-122092001266_1.html">and again that this</a> “revenue within sight”. On the other end of the spectrum, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58951449">Byju’s users have been complaining </a>about aggressive sales tactics and its effects on learning abilities. Moreover, a few of its employees too <a href="https://twitter.com/malpani/status/1379826997598121987?lang=en">publicly spoke of its</a> high-pressure tactics and practices that’s turned almost exploitative to Indian parents who place a lot of value on their children’s education. 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