A Mumbai CEO is hiring people right now, and this time, they are specifically looking for “doomscrollers”. And no, we are not joking. The company’s co-founder and CEO, Viraj Sheth, recently put out a LinkedIn post announcing the opening, complete with details of required skills, a job description and location.
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Sheth, in his hiring post, shared six skills candidates should have, and for one of them, applicants must even provide screenshots as proof. You guessed it right. The role requires people who are practically “addicted” to social media, especially Instagram and YouTube.
“IG + YT screen time more than 6 hours+ (show screenshots),” he wrote on LinkedIn under the subheader “skills needed”. Sheth went on to say that the person should also be “obsessed with creators and creator culture”, “knows every new creator on the block”, “consumes r/ICG like the morning paper”. He further said that the applicant should be “very fluent in both English and Hindi” and should know how to use a spreadsheet.
Hiring doomscrollers
The role, he said, would involve “doomscrolling”, essentially keeping a tab on what’s happening in the creator world. Sheth further mentioned that the role is a full-time, Mumbai-based job.
Towards the end of his post, he dropped the email – careers[at]monk-e[dot]in – and added that the subject line should mention “doomscroller”. “Please show some personality/humour in the email body,” he encouraged people, adding that they should avoid using AI chatbots such as ChatGPT.
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Since being shared, the post has gained a lot of traction on social media. While many found the hiring post “interesting”, others capitalised on the opportunity, writing down in the comments that they are “interested” and that the job role perfectly suits them.
“Is that for real?” asked one social media user, while another commented, “This proves there’s a job for everyone in the world.”
A third said, “So perfect criteria. Loved it!”
“Finally, I can tell my mom that there’s a job around simply scrolling through my phone, which otherwise would always be yelling at me the moment she sees me stuck with that phone,” joked a fourth.