Malini Agarwal, who runs the entertainment website Miss Malini, has been facing backlash on social media after she shared an Instagram post about a job opportunity with her company.
In three slides, Agarwal describes the role and the desired qualifications of the candidate but what caught social media users' eye was how demanding the job was and how little the salary offered was in the country's most expensive city. She offered Rs 3 to Rs 3.6 lakh a year for the "full-time" role which amounts to Rs 30,000 a month.
Social media users pointed out that the expectations from the job were "cruel".
we've let exploitative bosses get too comfortable with publicly admitting to their cruel expectations from employees pic.twitter.com/VitE3tClLYRelated stories
— ria chopra (@riachops) September 29, 2022
for an absolute pittance, at that— t. (@iscoparwane) September 29, 2022
Yes!!! 3L-ish in one of the most expensive cities in India... phew— ria chopra (@riachops) September 29, 2022
"Malini, pay your employees a livable wage challenge," commented @arshadwahid on Instagram. Another user @hotchocolateislove wrote, "That’s sheer slavery at 25K a month."
Apart from the lost list of demands and meagre pay, what social media users found offensive was that despite Miss Malini's intense stress on being grammatically correct, the post itself was riddled with typos -- a fact that the users took upon themselves to correct.
"Umm... For someone so particular about commas and punctuation, she should know it’s wears not wear’s. I know that’s beside the point of the toxic expectations but still," tweeted @oknottested.
"Ma'am, you made typos yourself. It's Devil Wears Prada, not wear's, it's stationery, not stationary. Lol," commented @madhurikumar20 on Instagram.
The backlash against Miss Malini's post comes at a time when employees have been pointing out toxic work cultures, demanding a fair work-life balance and even taking to quiet quitting.
Read more: 'Quiet quitting' is taking over workplaces. Here's all you need to know about it
Recently, Bombay Shaving Company CEO Shantanu Deshpande too had faced severe criticism and triggered a massive debate after he urged young professionals to work for 18 hours a day.
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