Humans of Dunzo

“I feel that the last 4 years at Dunzo have really nurtured a sense of growth and maturity in me. The folks at Dunzo who initially joined the team (including me) were kids right out of college and so you can imagine the early days had that “college vibe”, where work was super hectic but it was accompanied by cricket in the lawn and hallways, music sessions, table tennis and getting yelled at by neighbors for sometimes (read: always) being noisy. That pretty much summed up the first year at Dunzo. By the second year, we had grown massively and I got to work with more smart, talented people from across the industry. I learned core operations and what having a data-driven approach means in the logistics business. I still remember the night when we first hit our 500 orders milestone for night operations and the journey to reach that number was not an easy one. Staying relentless on our promise with every single order has been the cornerstone of the work I’ve done here. My current role is perhaps the most challenging of all and I love the thrill of conquering those challenges every day. I’m so proud of how far we’ve come, but I’m even more proud of the fact that who we are and what we stand for remains unchanged”.

Be Safe, Folks

As we all bear the impact of COVID-19 in our communities, we at Dunzo would like to take this time to let you know we’re actively monitoring the situation and taking the necessary measures to keep our users, partners, merchants, and team members safe. We know that these are challenging…

DUN101 | Reclaiming the free storage in Postgres

Introduction Do you have a strong data archival policy or frequently delete/update data in your Postgres tables but do not see the storage space becoming available? You would have stumbled upon Postgres Vacuuming, which is slow and requires downtime to free up storage space. We implemented pg_repack and here’s how it…

7 Simple Ways to Master WFH like a Boss!

The Coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we work…and we at Dunzo think this could be for the better. For those of us privileged to be working from home, we must continue to look at this shift in a positive light and make the most of this opportunity. While the…

How Indians Went Places With Names

It’s all about location, location, location. Dunzo has been connecting distant corners of cities running thousands of daily tasks for its users. Each of these tasks requires the user to store the location of the transaction under any name of their choice. And as it turned out, our users didn’t…

#DunzoChronicles — mAsk Around

Humans of Dunzo

Vaidehi Murthy I have tread both paths — the conventional & the so-called “unconventional” and I think these experiences have pretty much helped me develop what I call “the tilted perspective”. Having studied engineering, I worked as a Software engineer for 5 years at the start of my career. I did the…

Protecting the Ecosystem — Dunzo Delivery Partners, Merchants, and Teams

The current wave of the COVID — 19 pandemic has left a long-lasting impact on society and our ecosystem whether it’s Delivery Partners, Merchants, Users, or the Dunzo team. With cities across the country going into lockdown, continued and timely access to medicines and essentials is the need of the…

Your doorstep — The best platform ever built

Breaking into the market for a new brand can be tricky; one might even say that it has a certain appeal to it when it’s done right. But think about it, there are quite a few things the brand has to…

DunzosuperHERoes

Dunzo salutes our women warriors for shattering stereotypes, while paving the way for a fair, and inclusive world. Here are the tales of two women who, against all odds…

Women who get it Dun — #BalanceForBetter

At Dunzo, we have always aimed to equalize opportunities to facilitate a fair and liberated space to strengthen women and their talents. Our constant endeavor is to make the workplace a nurturing ground for healthy interactions, stimulative ideas, and collaborative efforts. We take special pride in our formidable band of…

#ProTips| Thriving On Your Goals

Now that you’ve set your organizational goal, this is also the perfect time to set personal goals and think about how you can maximize your own…

7 reasons why urban Indians are lazy and proud!

#HEREFORPRIDE

Pride isn’t a color or a flavor of the month. It isn’t the latest trend or showing the world you’re ‘woke’. It’s about representation and not just for the moment, but something that is an innate part of our value system and beliefs. At Dunzo, we have always strived to…

#ProTips |Running and Attending Meetings Effectively!

Did you know? A study from Walt Street Journal, Atlassian, and Doodle has found that about 71% of professionals misspend time every week due to unnecessary, poorly conducted, or canceled meetings. More often than not, certain meetings could be emails and closed without spending time deliberating — all it needs is constant communication between team members and teams. Here are some simple and effective ways on how to run these meetings. The time saved on these meetings is time gained to…

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Andas Apna Apna — Groceries on the go-go #AndazApnaApna

#WellDun2020

2020 has indeed been a defining year for all delivery businesses in India. The global health crisis and the ensuing lockdowns have led home deliveries to make the transition from being a lifestyle choice to a lifeline. Dunzo has seen an increasing number of customers embrace its safety and convenience during this challenging period. With the majority of the population being shut indoors for a larger part of the year, we’ve observed that the ordering habits of Indians have seen a distinct shift as compared to the preceding years. Altered routines and a change in priorities have caused a perceptible distinction in consumer behavior. From Condoms, IPills, and Pregnancy tests being the highest orders in the Medicine category, to most cities ordering cat food over dog food, to the recent surge in demand for healthy alternatives, some of these data points certainly stood out from the usual. We decided to compile a few intriguing insights from the year gone by, to throw light on how India got it, Dun, in 2020. Enumerated below, is the list of interesting patterns in user orders that we observed last year. It has most certainly been a year of surprises, and Dunzo users certainly did not disappoint with their buying habits. Irrespective of what the next year holds, Dunzo shall continue to serve in all its geographies with the single goal of bringing the magic of convenience to every home, and hopefully workplaces too, very soon.

Humans of Dunzo

“I remember applying for an internship at Dunzo, some time post finishing my engineering. I landed an internship for the role of Data Tagging which was an extremely manual task but the fun culture of Dunzo, especially the early #457 days totally made up for the monotony. Back then it needed one person to manually “feed” a bunch of data for different categories which is what get’s auto-tagged today. After that, I worked in Community Operations but in my mind, I knew I always wanted to end up as a designer. I juggled a design course along with the super demanding schedule of operations at Dunzo. When I got the chance of moving to QA on the engineering side, I thought “why not?!” and especially after running so many orders and monitoring users, I think I came with a lot more on-ground, real-time insight into what users faced. I had almost completed my design course by then and was looking to do something in design. Working at Dunzo is a lot like working with clay — you can mold your journey and create these different roles along the way. It’s barely been 5 months in my new role and not only am I designing it, but owning the entire Product Page for Dunzo web. That to me is a dream come true.”

#ProTips | Navigating “No Meeting Fridays” | Part 1

As we continue to work remotely, we need to become more conscious about our time and not get overwhelmed by our professional and personal obligations. We’re all learning to cope with the second wave in our individual capacities as we juggle a lot more than we’re used to. While we…

Said & Dun

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Your Security is our Top Priority!

*This blog has been updated on July 29th, 1:50 PM IST Every time you use Dunzo, you trust your order to be delivered safely and promptly. We expect that too and that is why our teams are constantly working to ensure that your orders are always in safe hands, from…

Our new feature is no piece of cake!

Dunzo originally started as a concierge service fulfilling any kind of errand service…

India welcomes #TheDunzoGeneration

As our spirited nation strides into its 70th year of being a thriving democracy,the wheels of progress are indeed spinning fast! India today, boasts of a wonderfully vibrant crop of super productive high performers. The thinkers, the doers and the uncompromising go-getters. They keep the stakes high, and the mistakes…

#ProTips | Navigating “No Meeting Fridays” | Part 2

We know it’s not easy adjusting to this new way of working but we’ve got some tips to help you get time back and foster a more balanced and productive work life. Use communication tools: Remember the goal is to reduce meetings, not collaboration. We want to spend this time…

Make time for life with Dunzo in 2019