GoMechanic lays off 70% of its workforce

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Editor's note: Car repair startup GoMechanic has laid off 70% of its workforce and asked the remaining employees to work without pay for the next three months, according to two former employees.  “The laid off employees have been asked to resign and told they’ll be called again if things get back to normal,” said one of the two people, requesting anonymity. Layoffs have happened across departments, says the second person, with most of the ground workers, who make up a big chunk of the workforce, having been fired. Moreover, Sequoia Capital, GoMechanic’s largest shareholder, has started a forensic audit of the Gurugram-based startup in the light of financial irregularities, says the first former employee quoted above. Sequoia Capital has yet to respond to an emailed query on what prompted the audit; this news brief will be updated as and when the firm replies. In the past, Sequoia has commissioned forensic audits at several portfolio companies, including BharatPe and Zilingo. “The startup has a total loan of Rs 120 crore and market pendency of Rs 40 crore, which is pressuring them at the …