Swiggy Delivery Boy got a Job through a post on LinkedIn.

Social Media has become a platform where people can help many small businesses rise. LinkedIn a job portal and a platform for professionals came across such a story of a being who lost his engineering job to the pandemic and now working as a Swiggy delivery agent.

Priyanshi Chandel shared the story of a Swiggy Delivery Boy on LinkedIn who walked 3 miles to deliver food to her. Sahil Singh, an engineering graduate who used to earn 25k in his job in Jammu but post-pandemic he lost this source of livelihood. He shared that he didn’t have enough money even to afford rent for a bike.

This post caught the attention of many users in the portal and was reposted across the platform. The post by Priyanshi on LinkedIn read, “ Was just another night of me ordering some ice cream from Swiggy The delivery partner took forever to reach my location, and after some odd 30-40 mins wait, my doorbell rang, and I opened the door to see a young man panting for air, sitting on the staircase outside my flat. With all my alarms triggering within me, I asked him what happened. Please spare a few minutes to check in verbatim:“Madam, I did not have a scooty or any transport to travel, I walked 3 kms with your order. I am absolutely out of money and its because of my flatmate who took the last of my money with which I charge my yulu and has put me in -235 debt. I have nothing left to pay my landlord. You might think am just bluffing, but I am a fully educated ECE grad, I used to work at Ninjacart, BYJU'S before I went home to Jammu during covid. Even for this order delivery I’ll only get 20-25 rupees, and I’ll have to take another delivery before 12, or else they will send me for delivery somewhere far, and I don’t have a bike. I have not eaten for a week, just drinking water and tea to get by. I am not asking for anything, please if you can find me a job, I used to make 25k before, I am 30 years old, my parents are getting old and I can’t keep asking for money from them” End to end of what the conversation was. I could not offer much except a glass of water and 500 rupees.”