Two days ahead of April 1, also known as April Fools' Day, Urban Ladder posted a job listing on social media looking for "lazy and unmotivated people" to apply for the position of Sr. Mattress Tester.
Part of the job description read, "On a typical day, you’ll need to sleep on various Urban Ladder mattresses to check for comfort and ease. Each mattress will need to be tested under different conditions, such as after consuming coffee and other caffeine-based drinks, after travelling long distances, as well as under different light and sound conditions."
The post went viral overnight (What's not to like?), and social media went crazy expressing their desire to become a mattress tester.
And then, it turned out that it was just a prank ahead of April Fools' day shattering a lot of hopes.
Urban Ladder has now revealed that they received more than 1,000 applications for the fake post.
The company in a statement said, "We had close to 22,000 views for our job post on LinkedIn and over 500 applications in a day’s time. The job posting on LinkedIn went viral across Facebook, Twitter and even WhatsApp.”
It added, "By April Fools', we had over 1000 applications on LinkedIn and via email - some serious, some in jest. We had several international applicants asking us if we could send the mattress to them so they could "work remotely", but were also willing to relocate if required. Applicants included co-founders of other start-ups and employees of some of India's largest e-commerce websites."