The tragic death of EY fresher Anna Sebastian within four months of her joining owing to undue work pressure would have been just another footnote in the annals of toxic work culture in the desi corporate, unless her mother’s heart wrenching letter to the CEO hadn’t gone viral. The mother of the deceased reflected on how her daughter topped academia, clearing CA exam and stepped into one of the big fours but succumbed to the work pressure that took a toll on her physical, mental, and emotional health. That none of the EY employees or colleagues could make it to Anna’s funeral is even more of a shocker.
Meanwhile, employees across various Indian corporates are sharing their own horror stories on social media. An auditor who worked for one of the Big-4’s earlier shared screenshots of WhatsApp messages with his team mates discussing work and health at 5 AM in the morning. The user was employed at Deloitte.
He remarked that, “We used to work for 20 hours!” However, he alleges that the company won’t let them charge for more than 15 hours. The screenshot of the chat shows the former employee expressing exhaustion by overworking. Mere se nahi ho raha bilkul.
Chakkar aa rahe hai!” With EY case getting some lights. I would like to share my personal experience at Deloitte. Attaching some screenshots of chats with my team mate - friend where we were discussing the work and our health at 5AM in the morning.
We use to work for around 20 hours and they won’t...
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