Indian businesswoman goes viral after offering arranged marriage match a job instead
The account of an Indian businesswoman who offered a potential match on a matrimonial website a job instead of a date, has gone viral on social media. The deal, however, fell through because the man was looking for a higher salary package than the one she offered.
Udita Pal, the co-founder of the Bengaluru-based company Salt, shared on Twitter a screenshot of the indignant messages from her father who got to know that she offered a job to a man she met on the Indian matrimonial portal Jeevansathi.com.
She joked that her father nearly “disowned” her after finding out that instead of taking the romantic connection forward, she asked the man for his resume.
“You know what you did. You cannot hire people from matrimonial sites,” Pal’s father told her.
“What to tell his father now?” her father added. “I saw your message. You gave him interview link and asked for resume. Reply you crazy girl.”
Pal’s defense is straightforward — the man had seven years of experience in the fintech industry.
What getting disowned from father looks like. pic.twitter.com/nZLOslDUjq
— Udita Pal 🧂 (@i_Udita) April 29, 2022
“Seven years of fintech experience is great and we are hiring. I’m sorry,” she wrote to her father.
Pal’s post has over 12,000 likes and over 1,000 retweets.
Pal later told her followers that her father deleted her matrimonial profile.
Let us know if you still have an opening & we will apply for the perfect life partner. #WeMatchBetter 😉
— Jeevansathi.com (@Jeevansathi_com) April 29, 2022
She also revealed that the hiring process fell through. Twitter users are loving the strategic move by the entrepreneur.
“Loooooooove this!! You go girl! Never settle, or settle when you want,” wrote one user.
Loooooooove this!! You go girl! Never settle, or settle when you want. 😄 https://t.co/vhgWjAnRKo
— Mansi (@mansi_talks) May 2, 2022
Where else do you look to hire from? https://t.co/SKwF3y5Fy1
— Faces of Bengaluru (@facesofbengloor) May 2, 2022
Another user said: “Normal people: Uses Linkdin as matrimonial site. Legends: Uses matrimonial site as Linkdin.”
Normal people: Uses Linkdin as Matrimonial Site
Legends: Uses Matrimonial Site as Linkdin https://t.co/AcRJ3oYRBz— Rasputin (@rasputin3216) May 2, 2022
“I am sure this isn’t the job he was expecting to get initially, but this may have sufficed,” wrote a Twitter user.
I am sure this isn’t the job he was expecting to get initially, but this may have sufficed! 😂 (that he didn’t get even this, is another story altogether) https://t.co/lJsmSUubok
— Chaitu (@chaituv19) May 2, 2022