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Is there anything to salvage from Dunzo’s ruins and why calls for a 90-hour work week are misguided

Pranav Balakrishnan

Parvathi Benu

January 17, 2025 | 5 Min Read

Finding takers for what remains of Dunzo—a B2B business plagued by operational failures, absent leadership, and a mountain of debt—is a tough sell. Indian CEOs, meanwhile, continue to advocate for longer working hours despite all the evidence pointing to it being counter-productive.

Does Dunzo have anything left to offer?

After years spent in limbo, delivery platform Dunzo appears to have finally given up the ghost. Earlier this week, the company’s app and website crashed after reports surfaced that Kabeer Biswas, the ailing platform’s last remaining founder, was leaving the company.

Even as Biswas is set to join e-commerce giant Flipkart to head its new quick commerce venture, Flipkart Minutes, former Dunzo employees have reportedly filed a police complaint against him for not paying salaries to 400 employees. These developments will only add to the challenges of salvaging what remains of Dunzo.

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