NEW DELHI: E-commerce major Flipkart expects to hire over 10,000 temporary staff to ramp up its delivery and logistics service to meet the festive demand.The move comes as part of the preparations being made by e-commerce companies as they launch offers to boost sales during the upcoming festive period. "With the festive season coming in, we are confident that Big Billion Days (sale) will be bigger and better than before this year. "We completely and unequivocally deny any layoffs at Flipkart in the coming months... There are no plans for layoffs in any team in the coming months," he added.He added that the company's hiring plans are in line with its business goals and that it continues to hire talent in key strategic areas.In July, Flipkart had sacked some of its "under-performing" employees. While the company had refused to comment on the number of layoffs, sources had said the number ran as high as 1,000.

Source: Times of India September 12, 2016 04:03 UTC