'I feel like an OLA employee anyway', Kunal Kamra on why he is accepting Bhavish Aggarwal's job offer
Ola founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal landed himself and his company under unprecedented social media scrutiny earlier this month after he decided to target Kunal Kamra personally for raising the issue of Ola electric scooter problems faced by customers.
Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has said that he has decided to accept the job offer by Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal to work with his company to address the mounting customer complaints about the quality of its EVs. Kamra 'accepted' the job more than three weeks after Aggarwal made the offer on social media during their verbal spat.
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Kunal Kamra accepts Bhavish Aggarwal's offer
According to Kamra, he had no choice but to accept the job offer as he ¡°anyway feels like an Ola employee,¡± since he was being tagged thousands of times on social media by users complaining about issues they were facing with their EVs.
Kamra sets conditions to work with Ola
Kamra, however, laid down a set of conditions for him to work with Ola. These are:
1. Ola Electric must stand firm in its commitment to solving its service crisis.
2. Ola must commit to completing all scooter repairs within 7 business days from the service request at authorised service centres.
3. For repairs extending beyond this period, customers will first receive either a temporary replacement scooter or daily conveyance reimbursement of Rs. 500 until repair completion. Additionally, customers will earn Rs. 500 per delayed day (up to Rs. 50,000).
4. Every new Ola electric scooter must be sold with two types of insurance: one for the scooter and one for the services (service insurance should be free for the customer).
I have no choice but to accept @bhash¡¯s offer to work with OLA¡
¡ª Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) October 28, 2024
After being tagged thousands of times I anyway feel like I am an OLA employee.
OLA can seal this collaboration by committing to the below action points & looking forward to joining. pic.twitter.com/flqOgIkUo6
How Bhavish Aggarwal kicked up a social media storm against himself
Ola founder and CEO Aggarwal landed himself and his company under unprecedented social media scrutiny earlier this month after he decided to target Kamra personally for raising the issue of Ola electric scooter problems faced by customers.
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In response, Aggarwal launched a verbal tirade against Kamra, calling him a failed comedian, offering him a job at Ola, and promising to pay him more than what he earned from the tweet or his failed comedy career.
Since you care so much @kunalkamra88, come and help us out! I¡¯ll even pay more than you earned for this paid tweet or from your failed comedy career.
¡ª Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) October 6, 2024
Or else sit quiet and let us focus on fixing the issues for the real customers. We¡¯re expanding service network fast and backlogs¡ https://t.co/ZQ4nmqjx5q
The social media exchange blew up massively, with thousands of Ola users soon tagging Kamra on their unresolved complaints about their electric scooters.
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