In a bizarre incident, an e-mail from a start-up company called YesMadam is making rounds on the internet. The email by the HR personnel of a salon home service company is going viral, and it's all for the wrong reasons. The company conducted a stress survey on its employees to find out if they were experiencing any work overload but later fired employees who reported that they were stressed at work.?
The screenshot of an email from the company's Human Resources department manager announcing the decision is being criticised all over social media.?
The email, reportedly sent by the HR manager, showed that the Delhi-NCR-based home service salon company surveyed to check the stress levels of its employees. Moreover, the results of the survey led to an unexpected decision to part ways with employees who experience major stress.?
Criticising the bizarre incident, a professional wrote on social media, "This is why I always partake in anonymous surveys. I just don't trust the system."?
According to another professional, she was shocked after reading the news. She says, What is the point of conducting such surveys when HR was looking to make their employees the scapegoat for speaking the truth??
The company’s decision to lay off the stressed employees and the blunt tone of the email brought massive criticism online for the start-up. Some called the decision a counterproductive act.?
Shitiz Dogra, the Associate Director of Digital Marketing at IndiGo, shared a post on her LinkedIn account along with posting the screenshot. In the post, she questioned,? "Can an organization fire you for being stressed? Looks like it just happened at a startup—YesMadam."
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While another user expressed that this is one of the most bizarre layoffs of all time.?
“YesMadam conducts stress surveys at work. Employees who say they are stressed are fired.”
(Disclaimer:?India Times has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the e-mail)
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