EY India employee's death puts spotlight on mental health, corporate work culture
The sudden death of an Indian employee at a leading accounting firm in the western city of Pune has ignited a national conversation about India's corporate work culture, highlighting concerns over excessive stress and pressure in the industry.
The family of the 26-year-old audit executive at Ernst & Young (EY) India said she faced a "backbreaking" workload before she collapsed in her apartment and suffered a cardiac arrest — firmly throwing the spotlight on the extreme pressures being faced by employees in the corporate world in India.
The incident has led to voices demanding a change in the working conditions in the world’s most populous country.
In India, where global finance and technology firms run thousands of back offices and increasingly strategic centres for high-end work, employees log in more hours than their global peers, according to the International Labour Organization in its report this year.
Managers and employees at several firms told Reuters steps are being taken both at the corporate level and also at the individual level to manage work-related stress and address mental health issues
https://youtu.be/_K5idm_qNA4?si=YswKG-Wo7aqxOGk2
The sudden death of an Indian employee at a leading accounting firm in the western city of Pune has ignited a national conversation about India's corporate work culture, highlighting concerns over excessive stress and pressure in the industry.
The family of the 26-year-old audit executive at Ernst & Young (EY) India said she faced a "backbreaking" workload before she collapsed in her apartment and suffered a cardiac arrest — firmly throwing the spotlight on the extreme pressures being faced by employees in the corporate world in India.
The incident has led to voices demanding a change in the working conditions in the world’s most populous country.
In India, where global finance and technology firms run thousands of back offices and increasingly strategic centres for high-end work, employees log in more hours than their global peers, according to the International Labour Organization in its report this year.
Managers and employees at several firms told Reuters steps are being taken both at the corporate level and also at the individual level to manage work-related stress and address mental health issues
https://youtu.be/_K5idm_qNA4?si=YswKG-Wo7aqxOGk2