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The uproar was triggered by a lengthy letter written by Anna's mother Anita Augustine to Memani that went viral on social media on Wednesday...
Some noted that Anna's death marks the second such case in six months, pointing to the death from suicide of Saurabh Laddha, a 25-year-old employee at another high-profile global consulting company, reportedly due to overwhelming work pressure..
Only then will it trickle down and employees will have a real work-life balance," he says.. Amit Jain, CEO of HR solutions firm TeamLease HCM, says not all companies have a hustle culture, but in no case should employee well-being be overlooked. burnout. is more a result of the pressure to perform rather than the number of work hours..
In May, Leo Lukenas, a 35-year-old employee at Bank of America, died after suffering a blood clot, but the media noted that he had been trying to quit the job because of the extreme hours he had been working - sometimes over 100 hours per week - and indicated that this may have caused his health problem...
EY India chairman Rajiv Memani, in a message to the company's employees, said he had received an anguished email from Anna Sebastian Perayil's mother and had taken note of her message "with utmost seriousness and humility.".
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