NEW DELHI: Even as Snapdeal’s largest investor, SoftBank , pushes for a sale of the online marketplace, chief executive officer Kunal Bahl has written to employees , reiterating that their well-being continues to be "top priority" for the founders and that increments this time around will be higher than last year’s raises.The letter to the company’s 2,500-3,000 employees, which was sent on Sunday morning, acknowledged that parent Jasper Infotech’s main stakeholder, SoftBank, was leading negotiations for a potential sale of the company, a process that’s expected to be finalised over the next few weeks."While our investors are driving the discussions around the way forward, I am reaching out to let you know that the well-being of the entire team is mine and Rohit’s top and only priority," Bahl and chief operating officer Rohit Bansal said in the company-wide email. "We will do all that we can, and more, in working with our investors to ensure that there is no disruption in employment and that there are positive professional as well as financial outcomes for the team as the way forward becomes clear."The latest email comes after a series of anonymous posts, purportedly by Snapdeal staff, on various social media platforms, questioning the company’s future and the way forward.Since the beginning of 2017, Jasper has laid off employees across its three main units – Snapdeal, digital payments platform Free-Charge and logistics arm Vulcan Express – in a bid to rein in costs. This email attempts to reassure Snapdeal employees and states that the annual increments for 2016-17 would be higher than the year before."In the interim, the annual performance review process is nearly complete and you will receive the salary revision and promotion letters (where applicable) over the next two weeks. Given the incredible progress we have made around our profitability journey as a company, the overall increments this year are higher than those offered last year," the founders said.SoftBank has invested about $900 million in Jasper Infotech , giving the Japanese company a 33% stake in the Gurgaon-based online marketplace. It has started negotiations with larger rival ecommerce company, Flipkart , to sell Snapdeal for an estimated $1billion.The sale of Snapdeal, which at its peak was valued at $6.5 billion, hinges on the Tokyo-based investor getting the consent of at least two other major Jasper Infotech shareholders. As per the shareholder agreements, three of the four major stakeholders — Soft-Bank Group Corp, early backers Kalaari Capital and Nexus Venture Partners, and promoters Bahl and Bansal — who control six of the seven seats on the company’s board, will need to approve the merger of Snapdeal with Flipkart.If the planned deal secures the support of the investors, it could close in four to eight weeks. It would also pave the way for SoftBank’s entry into Flipkart, the country’s largest ecommerce company. As part of a two-step agreement, after the merger, Soft-Bank is expected to acquire a significant stake in Flipkart for as much as $1.5 billion.