BYJU’S won’t shut down Kerala office and will retain 140 laid-off employees

The spokesperson added that Raveendran, who is from Kerala, reiterated his commitment to the state; and the leadership team of BYJU’S, under his guidance, will pursue a growth strategy in the state,

The edtech’s move comes after Raveendran’s meeting with CM Vijayan and the firm’s Vice President Sri Jayadev’s meeting with labour department officials. This is a week after a group of employees approached the state Labour Minister V Sivankutty, alleging BYJU’S was forcing more than 170 staff to resign.

Last week, the firm had announced it was discontinuing a part of its Trivandrum operations to reduce redundancy and was also offering the entire team in the city the opportunity to relocate to Bengaluru. “We have provided them more than a month's time to decide on this matter. If they choose to not use this opportunity, we have made available a generous and progressive exit package to all employees impacted by the restructuring,” it said.

BYJU’S has now assured employees returning to the Thiruvananthapuram office that they won’t face any retaliation from management as they join back.