BookMyShow lays off 200 employees as Covid hits business

BookMyShow has laid off 200 employees as the company's online ticket booking service suffered a severe blow due to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

BookMyShow, a popular online platform for booking film tickets and entertainment events, has laid off 200 employees, making the second major round of job cuts at the company since it let go of 270 people during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The recent round of layoff is a result of the second Covid-19 wave, which has severely impacted BookMyShow’s business.The company’s co-founder and chief executive Ashish Hemrajani said on Thursday that 200 of the “most incredibly talented and performance-driven individuals” were laid off. He also urged people across industries to give him leads on vacancies for them. “Covid-19 has taught me many lessons and I learnt another one today. As we let go of 200 of the most incredibility talented and performance-driven individuals, each and every one has messaged, thanking me for the opportunity, the love for BookMyShow and asking me if they could help,” he said.