Tech firm offers ₹25 LPA salary, ‘daily 600 Zomato credits’ for Bengaluru job

A job listing offering a ₹25 lakh annual salary for a software developer with just one year of experience has gone viral on social media

Published on: Jan 14, 2026, 15:29:46 IST

By Sanya Jain

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A job listing offering a ₹25 lakh annual salary for a software developer with just one year of experience has gone viral on social media, sparking debate over pay structures in India’s tech industry.

A job ad has gone viral for offering a high salary and attractive perks (Representational image)

The post, which details an SDE 1 role based in Bengaluru, lists a base salary of ₹25 lakh per annum, along with ESOPs worth ₹20 lakh vested over four years. The successful candidate would also get a 10% performance bonus and relocation and signing bonuses totalling ₹5 lakh. This brought the total compensation for the first year to around ₹35 lakh.

High salary, attractive perks

What caught even more attention were the perks. The benefits mentioned in the job post included gym, phone and WiFi bill reimbursements, a work-from-home setup allowance of ₹21,000, a new phone every three years and ₹600 Zomato credits daily.

The job ad was first shared on LinkedIn before quickly making its way to X, where it grabbed eyeballs.

X user @mainbhiengineer shared the post with the caption: “At one side layoffs are happening and other side companies are offering such high salaries for 1 year experience.”

“And the fun part is that same company would be paying lesser to 5-8yrs experience employee already working with them. Salary structure is completely broken in tech,” the X user added.

“This hurts because people who stayed loyal and grew with the company feel invisible. New hires get market rates, old employees get annual hikes,” wrote one X user.

“This is very much reality of current market, the thing is you need to understand which tech is hottest/has more potential to get max money and you need to acquire proficiency in it, then put across yourself to your current org your worth, if they don’t agree switch immediately,” another advised.

(Also read: Viral job ad shows gruelling hiring process for ₹2.4 LPA job, internet outraged)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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