Swiggy Launches Moonlighting Policy For Employees To Take Up Side Gigs

Swiggy has introduced an industry-first "moonlighting policy" that allows its employees to take up external projects after internal approvals.

"This could encompass activity outside of office hours or on weekends that does not impact their productivity on the full-time job or have a conflict of interest with Swiggy's business in any way," the grocery and food delivery startup said in a statement on Wednesday.

The moonlighting policy allows employees to work second jobs, outside normal business hours of the primary job, under certain conditions. It prescribes guidelines that employees must adhere to.

Projects that pose a higher risk of conflict of interest or interference with the employees' duties to Swiggy are subject to an approval process. The policy is available to all full-time employees of Bundl Technologies Pvt. Ltd., including subsidiaries, affiliates, associate, and group companies.

Bundl Technologies Pvt. Ltd. runs the Swiggy app.

"With the Moonlighting Policy, our goal is to encourage employees to pursue their passion without any constraints due to their full-time employment with us," Swiggy's HR head Girish Menon said. "This is yet another step in our journey towards building a world-class 'people first' organization."

Last week, Swiggy announced its permanent work-from-anywhere policy for majority of its roles.