"Byju's Forced Us To Resign, Treated Us As Robots," Say Sacked Employees

Former employees of the Edtech firm complained they were forced to sign resignation letters as the company apparently sought to achieve profitability

Several former employees of Bengaluru-based Edtech firm Byju's have complained that the company had forced them to resign and resorted to unethical means to have them removed from the company as it apparently sought to achieve profitability. From forcing employees to sign pre-drafted "resignation letters" to hiring bouncers, sacked employees said the company had handed them a raw deal. Byju's, however, has refuted the charges as "unsubstantiated allegations spread by vested interests".

Yesterday, Byju's revoked its decision to lay off 140 employees and shut its operations in Thiruvananthapuram after a meeting between Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the company's founder and CEO Byju Raveendran.

In a statement, the Edtech giant said: "Following a detailed discussion between the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri P Vijayan and Byju Raveendran, Founder of BYJU'S, we have decided to continue operations of our TVM (Thiruvananthapuram) product development centre."

While Byju's continues to maintain that recent layoffs are aimed at avoiding redundancies and the number they are looking at is around 2,500, NDTV has found out that this claim is far from the truth.