EY India head's email after passing of 26-year-old employee due to work stress goes viral: 'Healthy workplace for everyone'

Ernst & Young (EY), one of the Big Four accounting firm's India head sent an email to employees, which has now caught the light of the internet, following the untimely death of a 26-year-old Pune employee. Anna Sebastian Perayil, who died of work-related stress, as her mother alleged in an email to EY India CEO Rajiv Memani, was a Chartered Accountant (CA) from Kerala.?

According to the accounting company, Anna Sebastian Perayil was a member of the audit team at S R Batliboi. The organization expressed sincere regret for the "irreparable loss" of the young employee and emphasized that they "assisted the family during this tragic time."

What did the EY India head write in the mail??

EY India head's email response to overworked employees' death
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In the mail, which is posted anonymously on Reddit, Memani writes about Anna's time on the Pune assurance team and how it was "short-lived."?

He wrote, " While we acknowledge that nomeasure can compensate for the loss experienced by the family, we have provided all the assistance as we always do in such times of distress, respecting the family's privacy and preferences."

"I would like to reaffirm to all of you that our firm places the highest importance on the health and well-being of our people, and we will recommit ourselves to providing a supportive, healthy, and balanced work environment to you all," he adds further.

Ending the mail with: " I would like to personally assure you that when you speak up, you will be heard with empathy and understanding. If there are any suggestions that you have, please don't hesitate to let me know.In the meantime, l urge you to handle this information with the utmost compassion and sensitivity."?

How did people on the internet react??

People on the internet called out the mail as a bit insensitive, some suggested that the India head is only upset. Some people also pointed out how anything he said in the mail was not going to make any change. Here's what some people wrote.?

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