EY Employee Death: Wake-Up Call For India's Corporates To Balance Mental Health & Work Pressure

[@vikramnanda2833]

Its in all IT companies More work more pressure 24*7 shifts But they ask still work 70 hours a week

[@TheHoneyzap]

Banks are no different. I once visited HDFC Mumbai office, because they were our clients. Saw employees clock in from 8am to 9pm, even 10 pm. It was relentless. This was back in 2015, and seeing all that along with anecdotal experiences of my own working in startups, realized I have to get out of India if I want to live.

[@aman-alytics]

They pay you peanuts. The situation is becoming same as prisoners

[@econifywithanubhav]

Who will speak up against his/her boss? While it is much easier to sometimes say that you should speak up against toxic work culture, those who are in the corporate world may agree that it is not easy. How many can say NO to their bosses? How many can say that I won't work on a Sunday when asked for an urgent deliverable? Secondly, even if someone dares to do that, whom will they complain to? Which HR has the power, or even intent, to take corrective actions against business leaders and seniors to address the issue of toxic work culture? Not only will this take systemic change in our work environments, but a HUGE CULTURAL CHANGE. expecting juniors to speak up just WON'T WORK.

[@travelguy2296]

I went through something similar a few months back, struggling to sleep for over 20 days due to work-related stress. It led to severe anxiety and awful acidity issues. Thankfully, my family was there for support, and I sought medical help. It made a big difference!

[@a1t168]

Glad to know you are fine😊

[@happilysmpl]

Sleep is ultra important. Nothing more important than health

[@ashishvlogs2310]

Kuch nahi hoga ye sab aise chalge a Mujhe itna aciry omitting hai phir b office attend karne Jana hota hai pune due to so called policy

[@marcusaureliusfanboy]

What are Narayan Murthy's thoughts on this?

[@pratikkkothari3198]

He will say only 1 out of millions so it's ok

[@ajith.giove069]

@@pratikkkothari3198 yes it is - india has laziest people

[@siddharthsen7035]

He will say that atleast now a new person will get job and work 70 hours a week for 75k a month

[@venky193]

@@siddharthsen7035 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Indian IT

[@tapk1995]

Maryam Murty is not catching Indians and taking them to Infosys for job. Contrary millions of Indians r queuing up at Infosys gate and begging for a job

[@seanvaradhan8989]

Are you serious? Narayana Murthy talks about working 70 hours per week. Karnataka talks about 14 hours daily working hours. Either media is Hypocrite or Narayana Murthy and Karnataka Govt. Is Hypocrite.

[@venktesh6600]

another hypocrisy and distraction of 2020 also should be taken into consideration.

[@adityapatnaik7078]

in my opinion, The leadership team should quit

[@vidhyanandcs]

Quitting will not solve the issue. They should bring in right HR policies

[@ransinghray3688]

A strict action should be taken on the leadership. Leadership should not only consider customers as partners but also the employees. HRs policies are only an escape route, HRs who are not properly trained or managers who are not properly trained on ethical values are responsible. Even the labour laws are too weak in India and come into action when these kind of situations arise.

[@econifywithanubhav]

@@vidhyanandcs Who will speak up against his/her boss? While it is much easier to sometimes say that you should speak up against toxic work culture, those who are in the corporate world may agree that it is not easy. How many can say NO to their bosses? How many can say that I won't work on a Sunday when asked for an urgent deliverable? Secondly, even if someone dares to do that, whom will they complain to? Which HR has the power, or even intent, to take corrective actions against business leaders and seniors to address the issue of toxic work culture? Not only will this take systemic change in our work environments, but a HUGE CULTURAL CHANGE. expecting juniors to speak up just WON'T WORK.

[@vidhyanandcs]

@@econifywithanubhav Senior leadership should take action against toxic managers. But just taking action will not resolve issue in long-term. Need policy shift.

[@aadarshraju161]

What a misguided panel we have here. Trying to make it sound that Anna passed away because she was young and hence unable to handle the stress. One panel member even inferred suicide due to the inability to manage the stress. Please be informed on the topic and sensitive enough to address the issue on hand on how toxic resource management has become normalised

[@mqser]

Please call the ceo and question the company policies

[@nayanmedhi7906]

The reason behind such toxicity is due to poor resource management. Big four auditing firms charge on hourly basis from their clients for deploying resources ranging from analyst to managers. However they deploy less number of resources for cost cutting which increases the stress.

[@ganeshprasad3936]

Absolutely true

[@nitind3513]

Situation is becoming bad to worst in India for middle class..

[@InfiniteWanderlust]

Anyone who raised concerns or registered complaints (including POSH) strangely disappear from the company within few months. It’s easy in corporate work places to remove people from the work force in the name of resource cuts. So these companies know how to shush the people who don’t align to their toxicity. Do what we want or leave is their motto.

[@jasonsandifer3250]

This is an Extremely Sad story for the loss of this Woman Anna Sebastián Perayal Sending this Woman’s Family My deepest Sympathy and Condolences, and My Thoughts and Prayers are with her Family. Why didn't anyone from her Work, her coworkers, employees, or employers Honor her Life, by attending her funeral. Very Disturbing and Sad story

[@reshma94]

Not only in IT field.... Pg doctors and house surgeons facing more than that

[@Sanjeevkumar-jc3is]

This is because of the failure of India government see how the company are harrassing the employee, without thinking the government are forming labour law to work 12-14 hour work then in that case they will make us work 18-20 hour work till employee dies. Shame on government who knows to collect taxes but will never thinks of employees protection.😮

[@jadhavketan5982]

Arrest Memani and HR first..look at his statements..😡😡🤬🤬EY absolutely toxic company... My friend was harrased for the relieving letter..

[@jeetendrasonawane2559]

Government should frame working hour and employee well being policy for service industries just like there are many labour laws for manufacturing industries..

[@shrikhanthegde9103]

Even i am mentally dustrurbed with this work culture ....feel gonna die soon due to stress

[@shoryabeohar1816]

Bro same here , I have resigned and will search new job but feeling relax now , will not let them harm my health and mental condition

[@ClassicInd]

RIP in advance

[@vishal.choudhury]

Govt want only tax not remorse. When govt takes away 30% of our salary our heart feels that because we have been working in a tremendous work pressure and earning every penny with lots of hardship

[@bubwar9716]

Young professionals who just join in needs extensive mentoring because there is a huge gaps between what they studies in College life and the nature of works they were doing at workplaces. Mentor should be liberal and kind enough to provide continuous guidance to these young new employed professional. At least for 1 year period they need support services to make them mentally happy in work places and reduces stresses. Highly Appreciated for those Mentors who practiced extreme Compassionate guides to those young professionals. You do good to others you do good to yourself. Blessing in disguised is always there for those Mentors. Rewards is always there and those young professionals will definitely after 5-10-20 years they will speak about the good legacy they have experiences during their start in their professional journey. My best wishes to all those Mentors responsible to look into the well being of all of them.

[@gollo5520]

It's not just Big4, it's overall culture in MNC, Pvt sector - be it consultancy, IT, Banks,....esp; for CAs, Engineers, Medical professionals...even the construction-site workers India & China have the obsession to work like anything, as there are no laws for non Public-sector employees for well-being of employees Government are only to tap taxes of middle-class people, but have no laws to protect the Pvt sector employees. Also, when they are laid-off, they have no guarantee for Job-security. The pay-scale in India is quite low to Western-countries, so instead of making 1 employee work for 18 hours a day, hire 2 people to work 9 hours a day - why so much of obsession with Profitablity?

[@gaanavisai2592]

We spend most of the time at work place but they wont evn bother about our health... so we should onlly prioritize what is main for us.

[@supriyanagap]

True.

[@HARSHADtp]

The reporting Vishi himself looks over worked and stressed

[@planwithsumit]

Thought same

[@narinderpalsingh5349]

So Sad,,,,Responsible person should be arrested immediately 😢😢😢😢😢

[@MushtaqAhmed-pe1bj]

Narayan Murthy !!! Gabbar singh of corporate world

[@Rajjs45]

More like an insensitive idiot

[@The.Accountant.11]

Hhh

[@chandrasekhar5406]

99% of the Indian IT companies have toxic work culture, they are treating employees as slaves, but with a positive wording and unreachable & unending targets. To avoid job loss, employees are stretching till late nights & weekends also. IT companies are unable to give sick leaves also properly, due to billing loss in dollars from the client, they simply ask to postpone sick leave to weekend :) HR team in IT company & Government / Labour Ministry are sleeping since decades in India ? Govt is there just to grab income taxes which is unethical. in USA, beyond 8 hours of work on weekdays, 1.5x salary is paid for every hour, and for weekend work, they pay 2x per hour, forget about money, we are humans first of all, work culture is very important, it's very bad to die before 50s even in 21st century. in case of job loss, why govt is not paying unemployment benefits ? why govt is not paying atleast health insurance ? why IT companies have understaffing issue since ages, instead of giving high salary, they can recruit 2x employees at half the salary, isn't it ? It's a simple common sense. why CEOs are sleeping in IT companies ? Wouldn't they feel bad if their son/daughter dies ?

[@geethapratapkumar9722]

There should be a time limit for working. Especially in the IT field and in Corporate sector. 😢😢😢

[@reg2093]

These companies won't give it. We have to take the time ourselves. The problem in India is too much population and competition because of that. Even if you want to log off at a reasonable time there will be some idiots in the team who will keep over-working and then the manager expects the same from everyone. Each employee should realise this and stop over-working unnecessarily especially late nights and weekends.

[@adittyaabborkar3515]

In this compitition world ,Work pressure nowadays everywhere and you should be prepared to matchup to that pressure. You cannot blame to any particular person or organisation for the work load. You can either leave or develop your inner skill to survive in that atmosphere at any cost.

[@rajr246]

This is the case across the professional services business, IT, Consulting, have this toxic work culture...an NRN will talk about this with his 16 hour workday quip...I have seen colleagues battle BP/hypertension, high cholesterol, suffering strokes, there is a direct correlation with this toxic work culture and deteriorating health. This is akin to tobacco and cancer. There has to be a study and establish this and hold these companies liable. Like we did with tobacco companies.

[@sober_soul_1]

Organisations do it just for compliance audit, not for employees…..

[@ganeshprasad3936]

Employee won't work, employees are forced to resign from job by employer and managers. Employers put huge amount of work load more than a person can handle Employee faces struggle in searching job and in background verification employee faces false negatives remarks because of politics in corporate

[@agoldenvoice789]

Very sad. The same work culture is existing in most/all of the Indian IT company. There is no standard work culture defined in IT industry which should be followed by all companies.. If we say, Indian IT industry has sub standard work culture/work-life balance, it would not be incorrect. The unprofessional management of EY must be forced to resign.

[@jvs9797]

Modern slavery take place in india unabated in new way . Government should interfere in it and fix the time of work strictly as 8 hours. People need work-life balance which is really need for physical amd mental health or face the burn out of brilliant youngsters.😢

[@SM-un4ho]

This is bound to happen when we have a huge population and barely any innovation in the country with the products and services that the world would want. The only option left is to work long hours compare to richer countries which normally has 40 hours work week with overtime pay if exceeds 40 hours in a week.

[@justcurious40]

Cause - people like Narayan Murty. whose daughter enjoys more wealth than British royalty but who is least bothered about common employees

[@churabhok2869]

Absolutely agree 👍🏻

[@AviinashP]

Let us make Narayana murthy to do fullstack role in his componany and work for 14 hrs to handle management,hr activities, financial activities individually... Indians dont overpopulate country.. This will help corporates like narayana murthy to become billionaires

[@TomAC-m9y]

Narayana Murthy, Chairman of Infosys, recently suggested that people in India should work 70 hours a week. The implications of this statement are already being felt, although it is unclear how many hours employees are currently being asked to work following his remarks. Before criticizing multinational corporations, it is crucial to hold our own leaders-such as chairmen and directors-accountable for fostering such work cultures. This issue spans across sectors, including private hospitals. There is an urgent need for regulations to prevent this from becoming the norm. Rather than advocating for a 70-hour workweek, why not propose a more balanced approach? For instance, introducing two shifts of 37.5 hours each could help employ more individuals, which is essential in a country like India where unemployment is rising. This approach would allow companies to maintain productivity without overburdening employees, while also giving workers more time for personal life and well-being.

[@jbhatt5920]

HR should be for employees not for the organization. If HR ensures their employees are happy and enough motivated, the company will grow to 5 x. Right now company is growing by 3 x but on the cost of the health of their employees mainly the fresher, juniors. Leadership thinks that under their leadership/management it grew by 3 x. They don’t realize that if their employees were motivated, it would have grown by 5 x. If Anna was properly motivated, her state of mind would have on different level and probably she would be living. Someone has to take a very deep dive and investigate. Take individual interview of their employees, start from there….

[@filmyweb8095]

I dont why other news chenals dont coverageing this

[@rahulchaudhary7872]

even if employees would have wanted to visit her funeral , no time off would have been provided and targets are to be done

[@anjuhazarika7257]

It’s not only for new joined employees but I have seen old employees getting into ICU due to work stress.

[@ganeshprasad3936]

Absolutely true

[@parthabsbs7408]

Union govt minister should involve in this sort out this kind of situation in India, kindly call all MNC heads for meeting to discuss stress for employees is too much, Labour ministers to fix work hrs 8hrs , 9 hrs, so work culture, to reduce please oppointments more, they can allocate to other employees.

[@sober_soul_1]

Its just not EY, most of all indian corporations are same big & small. HR = 💃🏻 Dancers whn bosses throws money…. CEO’s surname also shows culture…

[@jayasreepavani9037]

Unlike the corporates, Big4 firms have multiple projects with greater flexibility to choose working hours as well as projects to work on. This is a shocker. I am deeply saddened by this. The immediate menagers should focus on creating friendly work environment and work life balance especially for the new comers, reporting into them.

[@FrancisFernandes-w4f]

The very fact that EY India Chairman Rajiv Memani offers delayed response and does not even bother to express sorrow and convey condolences to the family shows how inhuman and shameless he is, who can only be described as Disgrace to Humanity. It is also very clear that he may have threatened EY Employees not to attend Anna's funeral thats the reason no one from EY attended funeral. The Corporates in India as part of their Social and Community Service should ban EY and teach them a lesson so that in future the employees are not victimised.

[@jmusic5895]

All employees should protest on social media. Our protest can change this situation.

[@piyushkalanoria9674]

All policies are there but just on paper. You can’t actually implement them. Saying with experience

[@priyankam8953]

It is not only EY my daughter has lot of work pressure in Nokia.This matter should be taken seriously.

[@anniejoseph59]

Our younger generation living in India is becoming fiercely competitive. Women very specially. Sadly, the culture in our homes, blindly inculcates odious comparisons and misguided priorities viz. the salary package, the brand name/fame of the corporate employer..... These and many more are today the yardstick of success that parents takes pride in, when waxing eloquent about their young sons and daughters getting into this dog-eat-dog world of corporate life. Very little time is spent over a lifespan, where parents and children dialogue, talk openly, appreciate advice and criticism and are open to each other. To my mind, our young people need to be mentored FIRST AT HOME IN A SECURE LOVING CULTURE

[@sreesings1]

It's high time, the youth should. 1. Stop comparing yourself with others. 2. Understand materialistic showoffs like big car and big houses will only help financiers and won't bring happiness to you. 3. Don't chase after money, instead do what you love. 4. Don't work as if you are inevitable for the company. If you leave, the next one will take your seat. 5. Love yourself and enjoy being alone sometimes. 6. Be healthy. I took that hard call, resigned the 10x6 sales job which was taking a toll on my physical and mental health, to follow my passion. Yeah i am earning only 1/4th of what i am used to. But surprisingly, when you earn less, we will adapt to better living. No show-off, No comparison, No rat race. Just inner peace, calm, easy and healthy life.

[@vijayalakshmithanusubraman9797]

Work culture and timings in US A is far better than our country

[@there-tro-re-loadx2953]

No one will answer the elephant in the room, OVERPOPULATION. today we lost a genuine person because of it. 🙏 rip

[@shreeveda]

Many MNCs that are in great competitive environment, have this toxic culture. Even many Indian companies have this. There are very few true Leaders in all companies. Most (95+%) are glorified Managers. When will Corporate employees ORGANIZE into Unions? That's the ONLY SOLUTION.

[@Rk2178]

Feedback of employees in IT need to be taken throughout the country to remove their genuine issues.

[@ganeshnavale8964]

Jitin Chawla : Not giving the right information across, he is not discussing using the ML to find out the Favorisom in the system. Caste discrimination is at its peaks in the private sector. There has to be a government audit for all private sectors operating in India. Employees should be allowed to raise court cases for wrong doing but main topics were not discussed.

[@rahulchaudhary7872]

Nobody can stop toxic work culture other then employees

[@skandasai2908]

Mr narayanamurthy sir. Please give your thoughts on this incident

[@deepcool5497]

But some are asking to work like robot.

[@albertjohn2735]

Even in retail like Nexon Omniverse style union, .. They ask us to stretch till setting of floors .. I too Manage n forced to tke leaves..too much strees .. having knee severe pain till now am saved.. due to my rest. N God almighty saving with pray.. company will NEVER cares in now days..

[@maynnemillares]

It is in the culture of EY. My sister used to work in EY as an auditor. She worked from 8am to 1am. It is not country related, all branches of EY have cut throat jobs.

[@anjuhazarika7257]

Not only IT even banks have extremely work pressure of sales.

[@AviinashP]

Atleast bank employees get holidays for famous personalityes death, birth dates

[@jayantsharma5067]

We are sorry for aana

[@southpole4776]

I hope everyone paid their taxes

[@surajitpaul1825]

Indian Insurance & Pvt banking NBFC situation worst. Poor Salary starting 1.8 L p.a - 4 L pa.. Lots of young boy and girls working with monthly 15- 20 k salary with huge sales target. I think EY pay packages is much much higher. This is a very sad case a 26 years old young champ lost her life. Her parents should take care of her. Job is important and life also.

[@tarunkuwar1978]

Sutta Break, Chai Break, Coffee Break, Share Mkt till 6 PM, start work after 6 till 12 and then take pride.

[@pgn1998]

😡WHERE IS THAT INHUMAN PERSON NARAYANA MURTHY? WHY IS HIS MOUTH SHUT NOW???

[@nasiruddinsahar]

I am writing to this News about incidence with me which EY did. I worked for two years with this firm. EY senior management asked me meet all project expenditure from my own pocket and keep taking reimbursement. EY assured that I should spend in the best interest of the project and company without any hesitation. EY assured that all expenses will be reimbursed. I kept on spending and reimbursement for project activities for the entire one year. However, as soon as one year of the project completed, EY asked me to return all the money which I was reimbursed entire the year which happens post approval process. EY threatened to jail and get career destroyed if I would not reimburse. They took entire money back by freezing my bank account and taking cheques. I am also on path to take now Suicide

[@roshenphilip7554]

I think it's more about making a law and claus that are monitored by the government so that like a taxi union? So that the employees have rights, because if you are a number you will be replaced by a younger person , and they know you are disposable,...it is also governments rule to make sure they are protected and employed. I mean in a start up you get fired in 2 months if you just say I don't want to stay back after my working hours. Sales jobs omg it is a source of stress if you can't sell the company product, the company will put the entire blame on you and ask you to stay back if you are in a sales team...you can't just treat that employee like that, he/she is working to build your brand...the upper management can't forget that.

[@sekharpriyansu]

What does the government doing to stop such situations? Most western governments took actions to balance work life .

[@kumar_123-c6f]

There shall be strict measures to implement fixed hours of work per day in IT companies. Many IT companies are giving more than 10 to 12 hours of work per day.

[@jmusic5895]

Even we can not take leave during holidays.

[@The.Accountant.11]

Why the interview of employees is not taken? This interview is Just talk

[@amitamulye1117]

It is happening in all sectors..not only in big fours and IT but all industries..... Required a drastic change in labour laws.....long work hours and targets and stress that no mistake is committed

[@sayasargam]

Pehle narayab murti ko bhi pakdo, jo 12 hours working ka gyan deta hai. Larsen tubro ke past chairman ko bhi poocho, jo 12 baje office chorne ko proudly flaunt karte hai. Agay ye devi married hoti to sasuraal walo par gaaj girti par these corporate are absolutely safe

[@eatplaythink]

Prioritise family life over unachievable targets of the company. Just put papers out there if the work life is pathetic. Save your physical and mental health.

[@Life_is_beautiful___]

I work in Deccan fine chemicals Ankleshwar and it’s the same situation, everyone is involved in this crime !!!

[@fatimahussain9531]

Sue this company

[@mariafernandes-rk3et]

Toxicity is present even when the MBBS doctors doing their PG. They are also harrased.Not a single day off for them.NMC has to do something about it. Very saddening to see this youngsters dying like this.

[@dineshchoudhary1937]

Not practical solutions - Companies board of directors and CEOs must be held responsible, and must be prosecuted. And it should not be done as a reactive manner. Look at the example of France where even sending an email/message to employees after hours are audited and companies are punished.

[@Popat2415]

This is what when manuvaadis due to social capital sit at the top. Their forefathers never knew hard work, they only made the lower castes work for them. This is also the entitled mindset that made a IT Honcho said employees should work 70 hours a week. If only lower castes are given equal opportunity at the top, India would have been a developed country long back.

[@shivang8195]

Bar kar Bhai idhar casteism mat faila koi faayda nahi...manu wadi😂 , sc ,st , obc kuch nahi only hindu

[@Popat2415]

@@shivang8195 are you afraid or guilty that the world will know the truth?.let the govt release caste census, then we will know who has occupied the top positions. Next time reply in English so that more people will understand

[@RemadeviRamamoorthy]

Mentor system exists in many compsnues as soon as you join. The mentor will be a slightly senior person middle mngmnt position who guides the fresher!

[@Shahaz1]

This is will never happen in European and America EY

[@akstudio_88]

Hey more salary more pressure it is work culture... If you want less salary and less pressure join house keeping job or start your own business Do not blame any MNC company 🎉

[@lillytech1099]

😢😢

[@Beejay6590]

Accenture, tcs, capgemini, infosys ask their employees to work 12 hours with manipulation that it can be seen as 9.5 hrs. 1 hr break, 1 hr travel etc. Comment if there are other firms which we should know doing these ethical thefts in working hours.

[@santoshsivaramkrish]

Wipro!, Tech Mahindra!,

[@purelove9289]

Even in TCS BPO the management has become corrupt and abusive, they want employees to leave the company if they don't follow their extra working hours schedule

[@sounakg]

So much hype about other incidents, but nothing about this one

[@pradeeptudu5974]

If you are in private company: work, work, work. Exploitation like Industrial Revolution. 😢😢😢

[@kavitachauhan6868]

01) media will earn by TRP 02) Government will earn by..probably😅😅..high election fund..May be 03) EY s PR agency will earn by "Crisis management"

[@sabinaabraham7088]

It’s not a suicide . Please get this fact right. Who is this ill informed man who is calling Anna’s death a suicide and the anchor not correcting it. What sense does this gyan make ? TV anchors are so callous .

[@mnjjshrm]

Also in my company if we get late by 2 min a late coming mail comes and three become a half day leave deduct....but if we go late by hours so they don't count....when raise this to HR they said it's company policies....so where now u will go...no one listens...if you try to fight so your name will become in industry bad...and further no one will consider you a good employee.....it's unfortunate....

[@krupenderreddy345]

Indian industrialists are earning more profits without work ethics Unfortunately our government also supporting to corporates only instead of public concern and Labour laws, Indian family culture devastating by corporates and Toxic work culture

[@RohithVarma36]

When somebody dies then only issues comes up.

[@DevyaniChakravarty]

What's theprime accused( boss's )name?

[@somanthomas7734]

When a hungry person comes to your restaurant, you give him a plate of 5 Idlis and not stuff his throat with 20 Idlis and demand he eat this quickly and await the second batch of 20 and still worse, critisize him for having poor digestion.

[@aneeshplv]

Does we here have a govt. Yes, we have them for collecting corporate labour tax from all employees individually. They are allowing exploiting people in work hours and renumeration.

[@ashoksarangi9242]

HR works for business profit rather than employees well being

[@rajendrabareto8065]

Should check with racist angle. Some racist manager gives a lot of stress workload to some people whom they don’t like due to their racist mindset

[@commonindianpeople513]

That's why people's are moving out of India because of this very reason, sleeping government is still not waking up...

[@Roboticsautomation.]

This is going on since decades ..open secret

[@vivekkumar-ix8wc]

Its very sad that a person has to die for people to talk about work life balance and stress related issues due to long working hours, fulfilling the managers unprecedented requirements

[@Consultant2080]

How can EY employees attend funeral? They don't have time even for a nap.

[@Kalua-kd8qc]

Common in SBI 😢😢😢😢😢