MakeMyTrip has decided to draw 'zero salary' from April 2020, while its leadership team will take a reduction of around 50 per cent in their compensation amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Chairman and Founder Deep Kalra and CEO Rajesh Magow have decided to take 'zero salary' from April 2020 as the company plans to undertake multiple "tough measures" to keep overall expenses at a minimum amid the pandemic.

Kalra and Magow in a message to company's employees said, "On people costs front, both of us will take the lead and take zero salary effective April 2020, while the rest of our leadership team have also offered to take a reduction of approximately 50 per cent in their compensation. These are incredibly tough times that we need to navigate through together!... Economic experts across the world are predicting it to be a global economic tsunami that will have far reaching implications for the global economy, " 

Being an online company, the majority of the costs are variable, however the situation demands that it takes a hard look at all the fixed costs including people costs.The group is reviewing operating costs and plans to undertake multiple tough measures to keep overall expenses at a minimum.

Commenting on the outbreak Kalra and Magow said, "The last few weeks have been very tough for all of us with the sudden and sharp spread of Covid-19 in India. Our stellar performance in 2020 was sadly short lived as the travel and tourism sector is one of the worst sectors that have been hit by this pandemic.There has been sharp drop in bookings with spiralling cancellations and the latest restrictions on domestic air/ rail/bus travel has brought the industry to a virtual standstill."