Quick commerce firm Zomato has set up a wellness centre at its Gurugram headquarters.

“The facility will provide Zomato employees and their families’ access to advanced therapies such as cryotherapy, red light therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy,” says founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal.

“We have an in-house mental health team, a very large company owned gym in our HQ, and we also have our own one-of-a-kind Chief Fitness Officer,” adds Deepinder.

Zomato’s chief fitness officer, or CFO, Anmol Gupta, joined the company in 2023. He works with employees on wellness and healthy living, alongside an in-house team of trainers, nutritionists, and wellbeing counsellors.

In addition to these facilities, the company provides period leave and gender-neutral parental leave policies.

Glad to say that more than 200 people use this centre regularly now, and repeat rates are very high, he said, adding that there will be more HR/people initiatives by the company in the near future.

In light of the prevalent 90-hour workweek narrative promoted by L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan, Goyal's post assumes significance. Many leaders of India Inc. disagreed with the idea and argued that the amount of time spent at work should be replaced by higher-quality work.

On social media, several people have also enquired as to whether they will receive 90-hour salary for putting in 90 hours. A number of them also enquired about equity and promotions.

IIT Mandi professor Nirmalya Kajuri added another layer to the debate, pointing out that many countries compensate professionals for overtime while Indian companies routinely demand 50-60 hours without pay.