New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- Bengaluru,

Mumbai :

India's biggest hiring season is here, but a consumption slowdown is clouding the outlook for festive recruitment in the organized sector.

Yet seasonal hiring of contract and gig workers is expected to rise by 10-15% year-on-year, staffing agencies say, as e-commerce, consumer, logistics and auto companies pull out all the stops to drive sales amid a weak monsoon, inflation and tighter household budgets.

Seasonal hiring by two of India's largest e-commerce players offers evidence. Flipkart said it had increased festive-season job opportunities to more than 250,000, from over 220,000 in 2025. Rival Amazon India said it had created more than 160,000 seasonal job opportunities across its e-commer...