The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every industry. It has brought the world to a standstill and has impacted our lives deeply. One of the largest affected sectors is Logistics Industry. According to the Industry body Indian Chambers of Commerce (ICC) due to coronavirus lockdown, the logistics sector lost at about Rs 50,000 crore.
Recently, a report by Global Consultants states that around 122 million people lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic in India, and 40% of those are from blue-collar jobs. To solve this problem and to help revive the economy, Gxpress, one of the fastest growing logistics companies in India took this as an opportunity to create job opportunities. Gxpress conducted a mega Walk-in drive.
In this drive jobs were offered to skilled workers who were either jobless or left without a job because of the economic slowdown. The main jobs were given in courier delivery, warehouse associate, machine operator, warehouse executive, data analyst, technology officer and packers. Gxpress also did not go for lay-offs or salary-cuts during the COVID-19 period, unlike they are conducting job walk-in drive to hire more man power on a large scale.