A Reddit post by a young Blinkit picker has gone viral for shedding light on the grueling working conditions behind India’s booming quick-commerce industry. The post, titled “ 2 hours at Blinkit as a picker — all this risk for just a 10-min delivery rant”, has struck a chord online for its raw and emotional account of what happens behind those “instant” grocery deliveries.

The Reddit user, a 20-year-old part-time worker, said he signed up for a picker role after seeing an ad promising ₹ 9,000 per month for a flexible four-hour day shift. What followed, however, was far from what he expected.

“Today was my first day as picker after completing a hectic eleven levels of training,” he wrote. “My first order flashed on the scanner, the device got stuck… I told the manager about it, and

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