Engineer’s Rs 1.75L e-rickshaw side hustle fails on day 1
A corporate engineer's attempt to generate passive income by purchasing an e-rickshaw for a driver ended in failure when the driver disappeared with the vehicle on the first day. The incident, shared on social media, has sparked a broader conversation about the risks of informal business ventures and the importance of vetting partners.
Why it matters
It highlights the common pitfalls of 'side hustle' culture and the lack of legal or institutional safeguards in informal gig-economy arrangements.
For a corporate employee looking to build a second source of income, the plan sounded simple: buy an e-rickshaw, hand it over to a driver and earn a fixed amount every day without having to leave his job.But according to an account shared on social media, the plan went wrong almost as soon as it began. The e-rickshaw, reportedly bought for ₹1.75 lakh, was allegedly taken away by the driver on the very first day - leaving the engineer searching for both the vehicle and the man he had entrusted it to.The incident was shared on X by Gaurav Tomar, who said the engineer was his colleague and had been working in the corporate sector for around 12 years.
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