Quick Commerce Struggles for Dark Stores, Faces Worker Crunch in Metros
Staffing firms say the scramble for labour has intensified alongside the hunt for space. Each dark store requires a steady pool of packers, sorters and supervisors, and metro markets alone are now opening thousands of positions each month.
“Demand for dark-store workers in metro areas has surged. There are 8,000–10,000 open positions per month in metro cities just for warehouse and dark store ‘under-the-roof’ roles,
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