(MENAFN- Live Mint) A techie has shared his wife's experience at Ernst&Young (EY) following the debate over the tragic death of Anna Sebastian Perayil, a 26-year-old, due to alleged work pressure at the same accounting firm.
In a post on LinkedI , Aakash Venkatasubramanian shared that his wife had to leave EY due to toxic work culture, where working for 18 hours a day was considered normal.
“My wife quit EY just because of the toxic work culture, and if she had not quit, I don't know what would have happened to her.
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"18 hours workday is normalised, glorified and expected out of employees by many big MNCs in India,” he wrote.
He mentioned that these companies will not have such long working hours for employees outside India.“The irony is, these same MNCs would not do that outside India.
"Indians are being seen as donkeys to offload work, and India is seen as a huge factory willing to operate 24x7x365,” he added.
18 hours workday is normalised, glorified and expected out of employees by many big MNCs in India,” he wrote.
He mentioned that these companies will not have such long working hours for employees outside India.
“The irony is, these same MNCs would not do that outside India.
Indians are being seen as donkeys to offload work to and India is seen as a huge factory willing to operate 24x7x365,” he added.
Aakash Venkatasubramanian shared that his wife had to leave EY due to toxic work culture.Further he asked the Indian government to intervene in the matter and take necessary action to ensure that such incidents does not happen in future.
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“The Indian government is happy to take tax from us without ensuring the bare humane conditions to work. The government does not help taxpayers when they are laid off, but would happily collect the taxes from us when they aren't even giving us the basic necessities.
Dear Government, let this be the last death. I hope atleast after this incident, the corporate workers would get some benefit from the government with a new law or a job seeking cushion in the event of layoff (SIC),” he posted on LinkedIn.
Anna Sebastian Perayil died after collapsing at home. Anna's mother, in a letter, stated that the cause of her death was extreme work pressure that took a toll on her physical and mental health.
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Her letter went viral on social media, starting the debate on work pressure and toxic work environments across the country. On Thursday, September 20, the labour ministry said it would initiate an investigation against EY.
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