<p>By March next year, you will find women food delivery executives ringing your doorbell.</p>.<p>Food delivery app Swiggy is hiring 2,000 women across India and breaking the prejudice that the job is male-centric.</p>.<p>Of the 200 women delivery partners now working with the company, only 10 are in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>“Deliveries, for the longest time, have been a predominantly male job. For women, this is a new avenue for earning a stable livelihood. They are slowly trying to overcome stereotypes and pressures,” a Swiggy spokesperson told Metrolife.</p>.<p>To ensure that women have a safe working environment, the company is building separate toilets and identifying ‘safe zones’ to operate in, and limiting their work hours to 6 pm.</p>.<p>Swiggy is also setting up a dedicated helpline for delivery partners and women in managerial roles.</p>.<p>Throwing light on why there aren’t many women delivery executives, the spokesperson says, “The change has begun, and it takes time.”</p>.<p>Puja P Jain, delivery executive, has been working with Swiggy for about a month. She is a BCom graduate and has worked with Ernst & Young as an associate earlier.</p>.<p>“I was always curious about whether women can do this job. So I called up Swiggy and found out they do hire women. This was a new career opportunity and I wanted to experience it,” she says.</p>.<p>She is thrilled with the response she gets from customers and restaurants. “Seeing a woman come to the doorstep to deliver food is a surprise for many and they are extremely supportive. This encourages me,” she says.</p>.<p>Puja operates in Indiranagar from 9 am to 6 pm on weekdays and attends her classes during the weekends.</p>.<p>“The company has been supportive of women delivery partners. They have a point system that can be redeemed for petrol, online shopping vouchers, educational loans, and healthcare,” she says adding that knowing at least three languages is an advantage in Bengaluru.<br /><br /><strong>They earn up to Rs 30,000 a month</strong><br />A food entrepreneur says, “It is fantastic and a women empowerment sort of move. Women are already leaving their mark in male-dominated fields like bus and auto driving. I think it’s high time we saw a change in the food delivery sector. This job doesn’t require<br />one to have high educational qualification, and just a knowledge of the local language is enough. Many of the men who now deliver food for apps like Swiggy and Uber Eats earn about Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 a month because of their hard work. Taking up this profession will definitely make women more independent.”</p>
<p>By March next year, you will find women food delivery executives ringing your doorbell.</p>.<p>Food delivery app Swiggy is hiring 2,000 women across India and breaking the prejudice that the job is male-centric.</p>.<p>Of the 200 women delivery partners now working with the company, only 10 are in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>“Deliveries, for the longest time, have been a predominantly male job. For women, this is a new avenue for earning a stable livelihood. They are slowly trying to overcome stereotypes and pressures,” a Swiggy spokesperson told Metrolife.</p>.<p>To ensure that women have a safe working environment, the company is building separate toilets and identifying ‘safe zones’ to operate in, and limiting their work hours to 6 pm.</p>.<p>Swiggy is also setting up a dedicated helpline for delivery partners and women in managerial roles.</p>.<p>Throwing light on why there aren’t many women delivery executives, the spokesperson says, “The change has begun, and it takes time.”</p>.<p>Puja P Jain, delivery executive, has been working with Swiggy for about a month. She is a BCom graduate and has worked with Ernst & Young as an associate earlier.</p>.<p>“I was always curious about whether women can do this job. So I called up Swiggy and found out they do hire women. This was a new career opportunity and I wanted to experience it,” she says.</p>.<p>She is thrilled with the response she gets from customers and restaurants. “Seeing a woman come to the doorstep to deliver food is a surprise for many and they are extremely supportive. This encourages me,” she says.</p>.<p>Puja operates in Indiranagar from 9 am to 6 pm on weekdays and attends her classes during the weekends.</p>.<p>“The company has been supportive of women delivery partners. They have a point system that can be redeemed for petrol, online shopping vouchers, educational loans, and healthcare,” she says adding that knowing at least three languages is an advantage in Bengaluru.<br /><br /><strong>They earn up to Rs 30,000 a month</strong><br />A food entrepreneur says, “It is fantastic and a women empowerment sort of move. Women are already leaving their mark in male-dominated fields like bus and auto driving. I think it’s high time we saw a change in the food delivery sector. This job doesn’t require<br />one to have high educational qualification, and just a knowledge of the local language is enough. Many of the men who now deliver food for apps like Swiggy and Uber Eats earn about Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 a month because of their hard work. Taking up this profession will definitely make women more independent.”</p>