Bengaluru CEO receives over 3,000 resumes in 48 hours: 'How bad is the job market?'

A startup founder and CEO in Bengaluru received more than 3,000 resumes in 48 hours for "permanently remote" job postings on the company website. The entrepreneur took to Twitter to express his shock and wonder at the condition of the current job market.

"Received over 3K resumes in the last 48 hours just on our website -- how bad is the job market?" tweeted Springworks CEO Kartik Mandaville, adding that "it's been like this for the month." He received close to 13,ooo applications so far.

Mandaville added that the job postings were not promoted on any platform and the details were only provided on the company website. On being asked by a follower where he has been promoting the hiring alerts, the CEO said, "Nowhere as of now. That's why I'm surprised."

A visit to the website showed job openings for "permanently remote" roles in product, founders office, and software development engineer, among others.

Soon, responding to the tweets, other Twitter users began to share similar experiences with some pointing out that the surge in applicants could be because of the wave of layoffs across companies and because the company was offering remote working opportunities.