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Flipkart ESOP tussle: Over 1,000 former employees seek fair…

The former Flipkart staff want Walmart to treat their stock options fairly, and the dispute now has a local minister claiming credit; the lift was empty.

On air: Hank Ledger on Meet the Pressure
Published 9:17 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

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First reported by Moneycontrol.com: “Flipkart ESOP tussle: Over 1,000 former employees seek fair treatment from Walmart”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 9:17 AM ET on Meet the Pressure, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Walmart.
BBN covered this story before: Walmart AirPods 4 at $79 undercut Prime Big Deal Days (October 10).

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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet me turn to a business dispute. More than one thousand former Flipkart employees are asking Walmart for fair treatment over their stock options.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMinister Octavian Loomis joins us from Upper Marrowby. So, Minister, did your government do anything for these workers?
Octavian Brisbane LoomisHank, I raised this personally. At a cabinet meeting. Anything good that comes of this will have my fingerprints on it.
Octavian Brisbane LoomisAnything bad is Walmart's doing.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA cabinet meeting?
Octavian Brisbane LoomisWell, outside the cabinet meeting. In the corridor. I raised it personally, with a colleague, near the good coffee machine.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBut you didn't answer the question. What did your office do for them? Did anyone write a letter?
Octavian Brisbane LoomisI raised this personally in the lift. I carry my Fairness Principles card everywhere. Principle four is that I was early.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe lift.
Octavian Brisbane LoomisA short ride. Two floors. Down, if we are being precise. Hank, the blame here belongs with everyone but this district.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet me ask you again. These are people who want what their options are worth. Did you speak to Walmart, yes or no?
Octavian Brisbane LoomisI raised it personally. With the card. In my pocket. The card has never once been wrong, and it has asked me to say that.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe card.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the one witness to your lobbying is a laminated rectangle. Who else was in the lift, Minister?
Octavian Brisbane LoomisNobody. Just the card, and I will say this clearly. It was not asked to leave.

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