After Amazon, now Ola Electric has also given a shock. Amazon has already started laying off employees. Now Ola Electric has also announced to lay off 5 percent of its employees.
Bengaluru. The fear of job cuts has started troubling us in the first month of the new year. Amazon is already preparing to lay off 16,000 employees. Sources say that this number could be the highest in India. Meanwhile, there is news that Ola Electric will also lay off 5 percent of its employees. 5 percent of Ola Electric means that about 620 people will lose their jobs.
Job cuts due to automation
According to reports, automation work is going on in many departments of Ola Electric. Automation is being done to improve the speed and quality of production, and that is why employees are being laid off. Production of products will be faster due to automation. However, Ola electric scooter had to face a lot of criticism in the market, especially many customers expressed anger over the delay in service. After all this, now Ola Electric is going to do layoffs again in 2026. Earlier in March 2025, Ola Electric had laid off 1000 employees and in 2022 also there were major changes in the company.
Increase in sales in December
There has been a decline in the sales of Ola Electric in the financial year 2025-26. Due to continuous criticism and customer anger, the sales of Ola electric scooter had reduced. Company CEO Bhavish Aggarwal had taken steps to improve scooter service and other things. After these changes, Ola saw an improvement in sales in December 2025.
tough competition
Ola electric scooters are facing tough competition in the market. Along with big electric scooter companies like Ather Energy, TVS, Bajaj, many new companies have also entered the field. Because of this, Ola Electric is facing tough competition in the market.