BYJU's Thiruvananthapuram office to stay open, Employees will be taken back
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Edtech startup BYJU's has decided to keep their Thiruvananthapuram Technopark office open a week after the decision to shut it down was announced. Employees had approached the Kerala Labour Commissioner over the move.
In the meeting called by the welfare organisation of Technopark employees, Byju's agreed to four major demands in the meeting including keeping the office open. The edtech company has also agreed to maintain the status quo as of September 2022. 70 out of 170 employees had resigned due to management's pressure. They will be taken back. It was agreed that there will be no retaliation or revenge behaviour towards the employees, reported The News Minute.
The company first offered to transfer the staff to Bengaluru but last week, it was announced that the Bengaluru office is also being shut down. This forced the employees to speak up and the incident gained media attention. BYJU's was accused of a lack of official communication during these events. The edtech company has now agreed to correct this shortcoming.
Wednesday's meeting with employee representatives was attended by the Labour Commissioner K Vasuki, Byju's vice president Jayadev, Prathidhwani secretary Vineeth Chandran and state convenor Rajeev Krishnan.